It poured here from Tuesday afternoon through late into the day Wednesday. We wound up with 3.4˝ in roughly 24 hours. Night before last, I had to wear earplugs because the rain drummed like thunder and I couldn’t sleep. This last storm raised our total rainfall for this year to over 61 inches. That’s over five feet of water!
Our pond is overflowing, which is a good thing since it is our only source of water. It means that we should have plenty of water for our home and garden this summer and autumn. We are off the grid (we don’t have PG&E), and we create our electricity with solar panels and hydro (a high tech water wheel). The abundance of rain makes it so we can create electricity with the extra water in our pond, which really helps when it’s cloudy a lot, as it has been lately, because solar doesn’t do squat unless the sun is out.
We also have a propane generator for backup when our batteries get low. Last year the rain had mostly stopped by early March, and we had to stop using the hydro to save our water. Now, with over seven inches of rain so far in May, we have an overflowing abundance. What a blessing! And it’s supposed to get warm, even hot, this weekend. All I can say is, it’s about time!
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