Sheesh! We got another cloudburst today. It’s now being followed up after a brief break, by a more general rain. But that first blast: I ran inside after securing a few things and got in just as the heavy drops began. Then, I didn’t really need to “go”, but I figured this one (storm) might last a while & back up the toilet, so I use it and... It overflowed anyway. I couldn’t believe it — it had only been raining 10 minutes at most, and yesterday’s little soaker was almost all soaked in or drained off (just one puddle in a low spot in the driveway; no puddles left in the yard; I’d even dug a couple holes for flowers in big deep pots on clearance from Menards and didn’t hit water.
So. I grabbed the nearest heavy towel to staunch the little wave going across the bathroom floor. Wifey is P.O.’d because it’s “her” towel. “Sorry, Love, it was the only large dark towel in the bathroom!”
At least it was only pee-water - the towel is out, wrong out, hung over a plastic crate, and getting a prelim rinse in the medium rain we are getting now...
Per my gauge that I passed as I took the towel out (and the rain conveniently let up for a few minutes) we got about 3/4” in under 15 minutes, most of it in the 1st 10 minutes, I think. We are lucky no strong downburst was associated with it. I still can’t figure out how the laterals backfilled into the septic tank so fast!
Yesterday’s rain dump broke down a few tomato plants I’d not caught up with, but, I addressed all those and more this morning, so, theoretically all should be “ok”.
I also didn’t find any more potato beetles on the eggplants / squash / cukes, so, hopefully the Sevin was on them long enough to do its thing.
“WRUNG” out!!!