Starting last night after I went to bed at 10pm, through 4:45pm this afternoon, I tallied 3.12" of rain here at the end of Staymon. Lots of eroding rivulets on our gravel roads, and plenty of water running over the hardtop thanks to leaf-choked culverts and drainage ditches.
Be that as it may, still have more rain to go here in western NC. Plenty of places have it worse, THANKFULLY we're not in snow territory as those of us on the mountain would be stuck for quite some time. A wintry mix is falling in east TN, but that cold air simply won't be here in time to make a furthere mess of travel conditions.
Yes, colder air coming in, but it's STILL above average levels for us, chilly as it may be and feel. We continue to fall on the Grace side of the fence.
On an aside, Helen Shamek alerted me to an editorial in the Asheville Citizen-Times last Sunday....it's about bears and anticipated spring activity, for starters. At this time, I can't snoop out the link, but basically bear birth rates are up and harvesting numbers are down...hence more activity anticipated this spring. If the link reappears, I'll post it for your edification.
Bob
9:45am - 5.06" at my house since 12am Monday.
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