Does this mean the drought is over?
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I called my brother in law in Pawley’s Island, SC this morning. They already had 8” of rain. Expected another 6” today/tomorrow. It was already flooding down by the intercoastal waterway. They expect Georgetown, SC will flood again by this weekend when all the rain moves down river.
I know that much of New England has been very wet, but our area hasn’t and we need it. However they are forecasting 2” for Fri and Sat.
Looks like our pond will be recharged after all.
It’s steady rain around Columbia SC.
Does this mean the drought is over?
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Lord, please bring me some rain, but not 20 inches. Just two days of feeder bans off and on for a good ol’ fashioned slow soaker. I know I’m awfully finicky, Lord. Thanks Lord.
The thing about an extremely heavy/torrential rain over a relatively short period of time, it doesn’t typically do much to relieve a drought. The ground is too hard to absorb it and the rain just runs off and into streams and rivers, into roadways, into flood control ponds, etc. If you want to relieve a drought, what you need is a slow, steady soaking rain off and on and spaced out over a week or over several weeks.