Drouth Over

The soil was already saturated before the Wednesday/Thursday rain storm.  We received 3.6 inches of water in less than 24 hours; some areas had much more than we did.  We arrived at church Wednesday evening in a hail storm.  I helped wet vac up water that leaked through the exit doors in the sactuary before services started.  Water was running across the road in several places.  The fields were full of ponds.  Back home, there was water running across the floor in two basement rooms.  Fortunately, it ran to the nearest drain and drained away without any buildup or damage.

 

Old Farmer Lake

(formerly known as a wheat field)



 We lost power for several hours and we went to bed by candle light and flashlight.  Our computer was being used when the power flickered off, and in the morning, it wouldn't boot up.  The Geek Squad has it now.

Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.
(Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner)

When I got up a 5:45 we had water (in the pipes).  At 6:30, Son #2 informed me that we didn't have water.  Our well pump was not working.  I checked all the fuses and breakers and all seemed to be in order.  Then I tested for current and found we had 120 v. but not 240v.  After examining all the wires back to their sources, I noticed an overhead line that had a break in the wire.  The wind must have caused two wires to rub together over time until finally one of them shorted through.  We don't know why it didn't blow a fuse or kick a breaker off.
We called our electrician, and he was on the scene in less than a half hour.  By 10:15 we had water again.

It snowed on us while we were diagnosing the problem.  With the cold wind, it felt like winter all over again.  I went into the house three times to add more layers of clothes.

It doesn't look like we will be planting corn anytime soon!

And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
Exodus 9:33