Prospective Buyers approach the Home..
Discerning Client…discerns.
Wait! Wait! I need to see it, I saw it online FIRST!
Dissed by the discerner…
But, yes! The non-discerning client doesn’t give a hoot about tires and stuff.
Sold!
SOLD!
July 16, 2018
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Shenandoah Flood of 2018
June 4, 2018
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Puck senses danger. Tail up!
We started flood preparation in earnest the day before the flood crested (assuming that it crests today, that is). Fortunately, the great people at NOAA have a hydrograph that is extremely helpful for flood preparation. Here is the sensor nearest us at Millville.
The Millville hydrograph was wrong this time
Predictions said that the river would crest at 7am on June 4th at 15.6 feet. The prediction was off by 2 feet so far, but as far as we can tell from observation, the crest will happen soon.
We moved the boats up and rescued the submerged tables.
prep time minor flooding
the garden still above water
river peninsula already under water
truck full of table
Amy took out her kayak. The dogs followed.
Then it was time for a cocktail. The Last Word…hmm.
Last Word, hopefully not appropriately named
mogli got a workout in the flood
The flood in earnest started overnight. First major indication of prediction error was that the car bridge submerged around 10pm. Jack and Eli arrived from DC (Jack came down from NY) around 11. We ignored the road closed signs, drove in the back way to our car bridge and forded the now lake-like creek in the dark.
In the morning, we woke up to discover that the crest had not yet happened. Time to move the cars!
getting close to the cars
The river is getting very close to the house now. About 2-3 feet of vertical elevation left before the basement floods. This calls for some kayaking.
the new lake house
garden down
solstice fire spared
driveway or boat ramp?
road sign
visiting the neighbors by kayak
solstice fire, from the new lake
checking the fence line
garden swampland
the house
the new driveway
Paddling in the Amazon, or, err, Wheat Spring Branchazon
May 20, 2014
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Skillet on the Wading Bridge, Formerly, Walking Bridge, soon to be Bridgeless Bridge
May 20, 2014
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Wading Bridge
Walking Bridge
Walking Bridge??
Bridgeless Bridge
Is She gonna Break? Why the River Floods later.
May 18, 2014
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Big Rain. Big Big Rain.
Apple Harvest, Barleyfield Orchard, Va
September 23, 2013
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Working at my Father’s orchard for the first time in several years this fall. Usually I drove a tractor, but this time I’m getting to know the pickers as I let them know (in broken Spanish) that there should be no bruises or rot on the apples in the bin. Good people, amazing fruit.
Photo: Amy Barley
“Manuel”
Photo: Amy Barley
Ida Reds- Photo Amy Barley
Lorena
The Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Model is Cool: Here Comes the Flood
July 12, 2013
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Living on the Shenandoah River is made easier because of the superb Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Model. Based on a set of sensors up and down the river, the model predicts water height and flow. Having these data makes planning (and not panicking) much easier.
The flood is coming, but never fear. It won’t even reach the car bridge on the creek.
Spring Torrent
June 15, 2013
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Wheat Spring Branch down by the garden-ish. Empties into the Shenandoah river about 500 feet downstream.
Sandy Shenandoah
October 30, 2012
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Hurricane Sandy is bringing the creek up for a minor flood. Here is what the river looks like at around 9 feet (and rising).
The river is up to the top step of the stairs we usually take to go down to the river.
Top step to go.
And the suspension bridge over the creek is now a floating bridge.
Floating bridge.
Why are we not in a panic? Because NOAA knows where the river will peak, and they’re telling us. Science rocks.
