The aftermath of a huge downpour.

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The aftermath of a huge downpour.

Soon after I completed Phase 1 of the Dry Creek Bed, we got an incredible amount of rain incredibly quickly. I saw reports of between 6 and 8 inches in just a few hours.

Water was filling all the ditches, rushing over the road, and washing my carefully placed river rock down to the very back of my property. Scariest of all is that the front yard was so flooded, that water rose onto our porch, coming right up to the front door threshold.

So not only do I have to do a lot of reworking of the creek, but I now plan to do some excavating to make the front yard drain better, to avoid the possibility of the house getting flooded if we ever have huge torrents of rain like that again.

Date: 05/21/2007

Owner: Administrator

Size: 14 items

Holly, Taylor, and Hannah playing in the water Date: 03/31/2007 Views: 63	Hannah, Taylor, and Holly posing in the creek Date: 03/31/2007 Views: 175	The water is still flowing from the drain pipe down the creek Date: 03/31/2007 Views: 62	Taylor and Holly walking in the creek Date: 03/31/2007 Views: 65
The rocks were washed down to a new area. I kinda like it. Date: 03/31/2007 Views: 175	The ditch caved in Date: 03/31/2007 Views: 49	The ditch caved in from the water rushing over the road Date: 03/31/2007 Views: 47	Debris that washed over from the ditch Date: 03/31/2007 Views: 96
The weed fabric was exposed and partially washed away Date: 03/31/2007 Views: 85	View from the top. New water paths were cut Date: 03/31/2007 Views: 94	DSCI0673 Date: 03/31/2007 Views: 58	This mulch on the porch shows how high the water got Date: 03/31/2007 Views: 45
Mulch on the porch Date: 03/31/2007 Views: 77	Mulch washed out onto the grass Date: 03/31/2007 Views: 56