Go Away Fay!

[Sanctuary]

It's never a dull moment here.
As I sit here, I can see three sailboats washed up on shore. One of them was fairly new.
We're hoping the silver lining is that this this storm will have filled "Lake O" which is South Florida's fresh water supply. Haven't heard the lake level yet. Fay made a perfect pass by Lake O which would have given the lake the greatest amount of rainfall possible.

 

[user 26]

wow! filling a lake.
we had dry dry weather, then torrential rain ... too much at once in some spots.
keep an 'eye' on that hurricane. (not trying to be flip ... i know it can be deadly)

 

[GeorgiaGirl]

Is there still a drought in the south? The five day tracking shows Fay going up above FL... will that help alleviate the drought?
I remember back in Maryland we had a drought and we had two hurricanes come through and turn it around (tropical storms by the time they got to us, and much wanted rain).
=)
Kk..

Yes, we are still under drought conditions in Georgia. It's not as bad as it was last Summer. They were telling us if we didn't conserve enough and get rain they were going to start controlling how much water we could use in our homes! We stocked up on bottled water. This year we've been allowed to use outside water 3 times a week on odd/even address, but the kicker is, they are raising our rates because we've been good about conserving so they are not making as much money! So now we will be paying more for using less water! We're in North Georgia so we probably won't get a whole lot of rain from the Hurricane, but that would sure help us.

 

[gillumhouse]

Is there still a drought in the south? The five day tracking shows Fay going up above FL... will that help alleviate the drought?
I remember back in Maryland we had a drought and we had two hurricanes come through and turn it around (tropical storms by the time they got to us, and much wanted rain).
=)
Kk..

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