Tia Mary

Posted by Sandy on September 21, 2009, 6:18 pm

Has anyone heard from Tia Mary since all of the awful flooding started
in the Atlanta area? I hope she's okay!

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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
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Posted by Tia Mary on September 21, 2009, 11:18 pm

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We're OK here -- so far. The majority of the really BAD stuff has
been south of us both to the east and the west. Our county (Forsyth) is
still under flood warnings until tomorrow afternoon and it *looks* like
the rain has slowed down --at least for the next few days. I told my
DSis that I was about ready to build me an ark!!.
I love the rain and we surely have needed it after many years of
drought, just not all at one time! The worst part for me is that, while
the temps have been much cooler, in the mid 70's, the humidity has been
unbearably high, like 100%, and it has been playing havoc with my
asthma. Of course, difficulties with my asthma are much easier to
handle than trying to cope with getting flooded out. It is so heart
breaking to see the pictures and stories on the news!
So -- I am OK and, AFAIK, everything within about a 15 or 20 mile
radius of me is OK. Thanks for thinking of me and let's all send "good
stuff" to those unfortunate folks who haven't been near as lucky as me.
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Posted by Polly Esther on September 21, 2009, 11:38 pm

Such an astounding, unexpected mess, Mary. We camped on Lake Sidney Lanier
years ago and have been so surprised to see its level just go down and down.
Is it possible that any good will come of this mess - as to Atlanta's water
supply anyway? Just so unbelievable that Atlanta has been in terrible
drought and now is flooding. So glad you've reported in to us; stay alert.
Polly

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Posted by Tia Mary on September 22, 2009, 12:38 am

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Up until this spring, the whole state was dealing with drought
conditions and Lake Lanier was just about bone dry. We were REALLY
starting to worry about future sources of water for everything. Once we
got some fairly decent rain during the spring, we were at least able to
water our plants but still not our lawns unless a person was willing to
stand out in the heat and humidity with a hose and do it all by hand.
I think it will be quite a while before we are under those sorts of
restrictions again. Of course, now that summer is just about kaput and
autumn is peeking around the edge of the property, the grass wouldn't
need watering anyway. But THIS! Heaven's to Mergatroyd, this is just
too much and wayyyy too late. DH said he heard on the news that some
places in the metro Atlanta area got SIXTEEN inches of rain in the last
24 hours! You might expect that if we had a hurricane in the vicinity
but it's just been thunder storms.
We've been back from Lizard Land for 10 days now and DH has been
waiting for the rain to stop long enough for the grass to dry out so
that he could mow. Doesn't look like that's going to happen any time
soon and we leave again in another 11 days for a week long cruise!
There are weeds galore -- these are the ones that HE was supposed to
have been removing during the time I was gone , yeah sure -- and those
are all gonna just have to wait to meet their maker. I hate to think
what this rain has done to crops, etc. especially in the counties south
of us! There were photos on tonight's news of swamp boats trolling
through neighborhoods rescuing people and animals and THAT brought back
too many truly depressing memories of Katrina. I found, when we were in
New Orleans last year, that I'm really, *really* allergic to mold
(likely the main cause of my asthma) so I'm glad all this moisture is
happening while the temps are still relatively low.
VBS -- one of the positive things about Lizard Land is that there
just isn't much in the way af truly nasty weather stuff. Hot, yes, but
not a lot else except for the monsoon season and compared to THIS rain,
that is nothing! Well, again, asking for "good stuff" for everyone who
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Posted by Dragonfly on September 22, 2009, 12:51 am

Tia Mary -- as a Seattle native who has been dehydrating in New Mexico for 9
years now...
The "monsoon" in "monsoon season" here in the southwest refers to the
seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing winds, not particularly a
lot of rain. It's the time of year that spotty afternoon thundershowers
occur more frequently, but that is the only connection to the wet stuff.

Sometimes the kids and I make up our own "myths" about rain. Like,
obviously, since water in the ocean looks blue, there is water up in the
sky. Clouds make the blue go away because the water falls down to the
ground! So when it rains, we said "the sky is falling, the sky is falling!"

Family jokes like that make life more fun! ;-)

Dragonfly (Pam)
...who has gotten a grand total of about 2 inches of rain this "monsoon"
season....spread over about 4 months. Most in two days of non-monsoonal
weather patterns!

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