Yesterday was relatively dry – we had visitors arrive and they had no problem coming in in their teeny tiny car because the low bridge was actually dry. Huzzah!
But the day dawned wet and an early inspection of the bridge showed water over it, and a look at the radar showed lots and lots of rain coming, with which the radio forecasts agreed, so we made the decision to keep the kids home from school (I live in fear of them being on one side of the bridge and me on the other, sadly waving at each other. I’m sure its a metaphor for the great disasters that can befall families…)
And it was the wrong call – they could have gotten home this afternoon as it really only drizzled all day. Ah, well – hindsight 20/20; not so good the other direction…
Not that I know how they would have got there – the school bus was apparently kept out by the water on the bridge.
But, on with the fun photos! These are from 8:30 this morning…
Here is the low bridge - I passed it myself in a sedan for a quick trip at Noon
A stylish shot, the low bridge really was passable...
The view up the creek - she's wild and woolly! (Near the top swimming hole)
And our neighbours beautiful bridge - see, the water really is down!
And our report wouldn’t be complete without a screen dump of the creek height graph:
See those two little spikes today that had me worried that something bigger was coming? Didn’t even hit 2 metres. I’m so sick of this weather…. The tanks are full! You can stop now!
(click the image to see what the creek is doing right now…)
