Our personal weather station has recorded 8.38 inches of rain since June 30th and it is again raining this afternoon. Earlier today I was able to survey some of the storm damage around our lawn.
Near the bottom of our lawn the drainage ditch from the township road jumped it's bank and cut a new ditch as it ran into our lawn.
Near the bottom of our lawn the drainage ditch from the township road jumped it's bank and cut a new ditch as it ran into our lawn.
Rocks flushed from the ditch and into our lawn.
Looking up at the breach in the ditch.
The roaring stream at the bottom of our lawn has quieted to a babbling brook allowing me to survey the damage. A very large branch from a maple tree was blown into the stream forming a dam to stop rocks flowing downstream.
The maple branch blocking rocks in the stream.
The tree stump at the left is from an ash tree I cut near the stream this spring. The roaring stream had scoured the stump out of the ground and carried it 100 yards downstream.
Several trees along the embankment have been undercut and will soon fall into the stream.
Lots of new fossils exposed in the stream.
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