"My neighbor downstream has a full river flowing through his back yard. Maybe he'll turn me in for sending rainwater down a waterway..."
Seems to me if your pond wasn't there, there would be a lot more water flowing that way due to the ravine your pond is in, but with the pond there is at least a dam. My property used to have a bad wash out before I put in the pond.
I was in a similar weather phenomenom once. I was camped out in Massachusetts in a tent. It rained for days and the system produced an all time record of 18.5 inches in week. I got concerned when a stream becan to flow under my tent!
Didn't get much fishing in on that trip. First time camping out in years and that's what happened.
