The levels continue to drop. The pump is doing a great job. Our house is no longer in danger of flooding.
Although it might be nice to keep a large pond, the water is dirty and stinky, with rotten vegetation, fish and other animals.
The new danger is to Dom and Mandy's old house on the big farm beside us. They live in town and the house isn't occupied. Water is running underneath it and flowing into the Piccaninny Creek. It would need to rise 1' to reach the floorboards and for some reason, neither Dom nor Steve seem to think that it will rise that much. That may be wishful thinking but I hope they're right. This water is part of the "inland sea" and is coming from the back of the property. Steve and I drove to the back of Dom's farm a couple of days before we left home and saw all the water on a neighbour's farm. It has taken all this time to travel.
Dom is exhausted and Steve is doing the checking in his place. He went out there at midnight and is having a sleep now, with his alarm set for 6am. He said that there had been no rise in the level. Fingers crossed.
~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~
No comments:
Post a Comment