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.