Flood results.
I went out for a walk the day after I got back, and found that the creek really didn't get very high. It barely got into the yard, despite a full rain gauge showing 9 inches total.
Despite there being no damage in the barn, there were after effects. The crossing by the house is washed out, and up by the bigger swimming hole, a medium to large hackberry went down. This afternoon I trimmed off the branches, and then cut back the two small trees that got uprooted with it. I'm going to schlep the chainsaw up there tomorrow and nibble away at it. It's sprawled from bank to bank right now, and if another tree gets washed out upstream (and there are a couple of likely candidates), then it could easily make a dam.
It's good summer work, away from the ticks and chiggers, and convenient to take a plunge in the swimming hole if I get too hot. I've already managed to get a case of chiggers since I got back, despite not going into any of the usual problem areas.
Despite there being no damage in the barn, there were after effects. The crossing by the house is washed out, and up by the bigger swimming hole, a medium to large hackberry went down. This afternoon I trimmed off the branches, and then cut back the two small trees that got uprooted with it. I'm going to schlep the chainsaw up there tomorrow and nibble away at it. It's sprawled from bank to bank right now, and if another tree gets washed out upstream (and there are a couple of likely candidates), then it could easily make a dam.
It's good summer work, away from the ticks and chiggers, and convenient to take a plunge in the swimming hole if I get too hot. I've already managed to get a case of chiggers since I got back, despite not going into any of the usual problem areas.