Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 6 Jan 2010.
Swamp Ice
Yes, it’s cold! Our middle swamp froze over:
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Road Closings, Lowndes County, Georgia
Roads closed in Lowndes County, Georgia, as of 9:38 a.m April 6th, according to the Valdosta Daily Times. This map shows locations and terrain. It’s a Google map, so it’s interactive: you can zoom and pan and change to satellite view, street map, street view, etc. Some of the locations are guesstimates from the cryptic descriptions in the VDT article. The one green blob is the one reopening mentioned in the article: “North Valdosta Road Withlacoochee River Bridge opened at 10 p.m. Sunday.”
Lowndes County state of emergency; Valdosta flooded
County Chairman declares emergency so county can use local ordinances.
Valdosta flooded; residents canoing around streets.
I wonder if anybody will draw a connection between all the tree cutting and paving of recent years and this flooding, which is at least partly due to increased runoff because of those things.
Tornado tonight?
Tornado sighted just west of Interstate 75, between Hahira and Valdosta. Lots of thunder, rain, and some lightning: I see no tornado.
Streaks of Rain
Hearing from neighbors of amounts of rain last night from 1 to 1.5 inches
across only about 30 miles, I wondered what patterns it made.
This interesting precipitation map from National Weather Service shows
streaks of rain, with people a few miles apart getting different amounts.
Not surprisingly, they resemble radar maps from last night.
Swamp Still Full, Dog Ecstatic
Fay filled the swamp, but it’s been a week now, so time to check.
Why yes, the swamp is still full, and the dog is ecstatic?
Picture by Gretchen, 7 Sep 2008
How do you tell when a 100 pound Rotweiller is ecstatic? When she turns into an alligator.
The water is down a couple of inches as you can see by the watermarks, but it’s still pretty full.
Fay Meets Canopy
Quarterman Road canopy after 5 inches of rain from tropical storm Fay, 12:48 PM Saturday 23 August 2008:
And after 4 more inches (9 total), 7:50 AM Monday 25 August 2008:
More water in the ditches; otherwise about the same.
Pictures by jsq.
Swamp full; dog happy
Why yes, the swamp is full, and the dog is happy about it:
This picture doesn’t demonstrate that the dog can swim, because our boots weren’t that tall.
In any case, thanks to 9 inches of rain from tropical storm Fay.
Pictures by Gretchen.
Cypress Swamp: Dry, Filling….
Here’s a dry cypress swamp, with human for scale (hi Clayton):
That was on Monday 18 August. Here’s the same swamp on Saturday, 23 August, after 4 inches of rain from tropical storm Fay, this time with human and dog for scale:
Fay dropped 5 more inches of rain on the swamp since then. Stay tuned to see if the dog can swim.
Pictures by Gretchen.