Oh, Fay
It has rained all day today, which is remarkable, really. I would have to guess that we’ve had five inches of rain. The winds this afternoon have been strong, though not especially steady. Mostly it’s been rain blowing against the windows, but at about 5:30 this evening I was sitting on the couch and heard a snapping sound behind me. I found that the wind had broken a small limb on one of my Eastern Red Cedars in the front yard, and knocked down the arbor beneath it. There’s no serious damage, but my cedar trees are pretty shabby to begin with, so this doesn’t help. I haven’t looked out back where there are eighteen oaks of assorted varieties, which will use any excuse to jettison limbs, so I might have some unpleasant surprises there. Meanwhile, I got a text message from the University this afternoon–they have an automated system–saying campus was closed tomorrow. I am not scheduled on Fridays anyway, but if I were I’d have to go: when you work for a public radio station it matters not if there is rain or snow or sleet or any of that jazz.
I hope everyone is keeping safe.
Filed under: Garden, Meteorology on August 21st, 2008
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