7 days of rain........

[ChargerAndy]

It's been raining here pretty steady since last Sunday. I had an uncovered garbage can outside, that is to say it was emptied Tuesday and has been catching rain for 4 days..... this afternoon it measured 19 inches. The rain is forcast to end tomorrow sometime and I can't wait to see the Sun again. I guess I have cabin fever. I'm also tired of pumping out the excavation for the addition to my house which was filling up with water and is basically a mess from the mini mudslides....... nothing compared to the hurricane damage down south, thank God. I guess I really have nothing to complain about but I've never experienced 7 straight days of double digit rain before     Andy

[Old Moparz]

Same complaint here, rain, rain & more rain. There was so much the awning on our camping trailer caved in. We just got this one in August & only used it 3 times. We've camped for years & never had an awning on any of the old, used trailers we owned. My wife was happy to get the new one with the awning. Now we have ripped material & scrap metal. We camped last weekend in the rain & had the awning out after we got home so it wouldn't get mildew & corrosion inside. It was tilted outward & rearward for runoff, but some leaves must have trapped water & it came down so heavy it just wiped out the awning.

Oh well, there's insurance after the deductable, so we'll see what it costs us since nature is a mother.

[TruckDriver]

Could be much worse, could be all snow! Just think, 1 inch rain = 3 inches of snow. = 57 inches of snow

[ChargerAndy]

Could be much worse, could be all snow! Just think, 1 inch rain = 3 inches of snow. = 57 inches of snow

Actually, I always thought 1" of rain equals 12" of snow?  Anybody know for sure? Either way, still lucky it's just rain 

[Vainglory, Esq.]

It hasn't rained in months here.  And it probably won't again until December.

The only downside is the whole brush fire thing...

[BigBlockSam]

the rain sucks, i got a bad case of cabin fever. plus i got alot to get done before the snows come. Rene

[nh_mopar_fan]

Same here. It held off for a good part of the day. Long enough for a couple real nice guy to load the Dart on a trailer and head back to PA.

[Chargerguy74]

yeah, 1 inch of rain is 12 inches of snow.

[AKcharger]

I have 2 cars to get ready for a show Saturday...I'll have to be up at 0630 to wash/wax them before we leave, Couldn't touch 'em in all the rain

[Silver R/T]

rain sucks agree with you

[Old Moparz]

Good news, I get a call from my wife at work to tell me the basement floor is completely covered with water.    Never had any water except dampness that the dehumidifier takes care of since we lived here, & we've lived here since 1989. I just spent 4 hours pumping water out. There was 3 " of it on the floor & now there's 1" so I'm going to bed & will get the rest in the morning.

Same here. It held off for a good part of the day. Long enough for a couple real nice guy to load the Dart on a trailer and head back to PA.

Hey, does that mean you sold the Dart & have Charger money now? 

[TheGhost]

I'd rather have rain than snow.  They don't salt the roads for rain.

[psykicpup]

I know its hard to believe but here on the South Coast of England we need 25% extra rain this winter just to get our reserviors back up to normal ! so if you can teach those clouds to map read........

[nh_mopar_fan]

Good news, I get a call from my wife at work to tell me the basement floor is completely covered with water.    Never had any water except dampness that the dehumidifier takes care of since we lived here, & we've lived here since 1989. I just spent 4 hours pumping water out. There was 3 " of it on the floor & now there's 1" so I'm going to bed & will get the rest in the morning.

Same here. It held off for a good part of the day. Long enough for a couple real nice guy to load the Dart on a trailer and head back to PA.

Hey, does that mean you sold the Dart & have Charger money now? 

I have a nice start toward some Charger money.....

[andy74]

the sun just poked out here, its been raining since last friday-8 days of grey cold rain! i think im going to wash the charger and go for a ride-still only 55 degrees,but it does beat snow-i dont have to shovel rain

[BrianShaughnessy]

Yes... yes... yes...  The sun is out, the sun is out.. YAY!!! 


Now see, if we lived out in CA or FL or one of them other disaster prone areas we wouldn't have much to celebrate now would we? 

[bull]

Heh. I live in northwest Oregon. I know about rain. Seven days, seven weeks, seven months...

[ChargerAndy]

      Well I got up this morning and looked through the window out to my excavation and thought I saw a familiar sight, the water being up to the top of my first row of new foundation cinder-block. OK, no big deal, if it were any higher it would flood my basement because of a pre-existing hole where my street water line comes through my foundation and that hole is just above the first row of block. Well, I go outside for a real look......... and it is not up to the first row of block, but up to my second row of block, I cant even see the water line that goes through the basement wall...... I start the pump and borrow another from my neighbor and now Im just wet vac'ing the basement. What a mess.
    I am adding onto my house, 2 story addition-garage apartment. I am doing the foundation myself, thank God I got the footing in and the corners of the foundation up but I would have been way way ahead if this rain didn't come for 2 more weeks. Now I have so much mud that caved into the hole, so much more digging   ahh well, who knew.... and like I said before, it certainly could have been worse.....

       Bull, 7 weeks or months of rain? Dude.... move to NY, 7 day rains only come once every 30 years or so     more cruisin days Buddy!    Andy

[Lowprofile]

Heh. I live in northwest Oregon. I know about rain. Seven days, seven weeks, seven months...

You better get busy building that Ark.