Friday, October 5, 2018

For The Second Time


We have had a wet summer. I told you about the flooding we had in the spring. That all went away.

A lot of farmers lost large portions of their crops. It took a long time for the flood waters to go down because it kept on raining.

Then came summer. The flood waters receded and the farmers replanted where they could.

Now it is autumn. Guess what. We have flooded again.

Just as it was almost time to harvest, the fields filled with water again. Once again this year the river has flowed over its banks.

There is a big dam in Yankton, South Dakota. Because of the heavy rainfall to the north they have opened the flood gates to release all that excess water from the reservoir.  With all of the rivers in the south are getting all the extra water in their already full beds.

The autumnal flooding is not as bad as what we had in the spring. The fields began to drain almost immediately.

Now it is raining again. It has been raining for two days and the weatherman says probably into next week. I feel that the flooding will begin again.

Never before have I personally seen it flood like this twice in the same year. Crazy, crazy weather...

12 comments:

  1. We have had very wet weather in the east and the fields and farms have been affected. Prices at the our Farmer Markets have gone up substantially. We had one day of full sun this week. It has been a very bad year weather wise.

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    1. I try bot to complain too much. We are not within hurricane range and we have had no tsunamis.

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  2. The first part of the year we were almost drowned and now we have a drought. Strange weather all round. Keep well Diane

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    1. I saw a young mother deer with her faun standing near the edge of the water in one of the flooded fields. They looked toward the road as if they were asking me, "What do we do now?"

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  3. Ah, what a poignant picture you paint with your words Emma. Especially your reply to Rhodesia's comment. I feel for the farmers trying to harvest. I was a farmer for 13 years.

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    1. People all over the world are experiencing severe weather. It is hard for them too.

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  4. Sorry to hear this. The farmers will have it worst of all.

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  5. Scorching summer, wet autumn here. :-)

    Greetings from London.

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    1. We had a few hot days this summer but it was mostly a normal summer.

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  6. Weather this year is surprising everyone dear Emma!

    i felt deeply sorry for the farmers ,i know how it feels when hard work of long time go wasted by natural disasters!

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    1. All over the world people are losing crops, homes, and even lives. Floods, fires, hurricanes and typhoons, droughts... they make life so difficult.

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