The River is rising ... again

Here's a 12 second clip of this morning's downpour at the River. Wraparound porches are great for a day like today.

Hope the baby crops won't wash away. And hope river doesn't rise too much or become too swift to preclude kayaking this afternoon :(

Hundred-year Flood

Tennessee got flooded. Big time.  The Buffalo River was at an all-time high.  Gigantic amounts of water.

(compare to the graph in the post from April 25th):
Notice how the scale, typically going to around 13 feet, has been expanded to 33 feet.  With around 15" of rain around Middle Tennessee in 2 days, the water couldn't empty fast enough;  the River shot up to 25 feet high.

The pictures below tell the sad story.

Home is an ISLAND

What a difference a few days make.  Look how happy and proud the Garden Cottage is wearing its new coat of paint.  And its "big brother" house is nearby.

Then it started to rain... and rain...  and rain... and rain:

Now, see the Garden Cottage.  Well, at least you can see the very top of its roof.

Look carefully and see the Garden Cottage's roof in the distance, at the upper left of this picture:

A neighbor who lives on higher ground took this picture.  Can you see how the River has come to visit the house.  The River is enjoying wrapping around the wrap-around porch.  The trees you see grow along the "dry creek".  Today, the dry creek is the Buffalo River.  


It will be interesting to see what surprises await as the River returns to its normal height.

Winter at the River

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It is so peaceful at the River in the winter.  The sunshine finally turned the sky blue.  You can still see some snow on the shady parts of the river bank.
The horizontal tree at the left arrived during one of the more recent floods.  Look carefully above the river bank and you'll see a cabin and garden cottage.
The river is still a little high.  In the summer the water on the right will be gone.  Grasses and poison ivy will take its place.
(This is a panorama from several shots of the river; looking downstream.)

The water is running a little high

Recent rains have kept the river a little higher than usual.





But not this high (you may have seen this one making its rounds on the Internet) ...

Fourth of July

After several downbursts, the river rose.

Turn up the volume and hear the sound of the water rushing downstream. Listen carefull at 00:25 and 00:32 to hear a bird tweeting.

As you'll see, the water spilled over the river bank onto the lawn.

River's up!

It rained (green bars). The watershed brought the water to our place (green line). The river will return to normal soon (purple line).
Check it out yourself by clicking this Buffalo River at Lobelville











The bridge on the path hasn't floated away this time... it's tethered with a clothesline tied to the nearby birch tree.

Just this side of the bridge is a birch tree laying on its side. The beavers have chopped it down. They'll probably haul it away when the river (& current) subsides.