"I'm Melllting!"
Raleigh, NC - January 2010 (Click to embiggen)
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Back in 2007 during the Drought of the Century we put out rain barrels (which made little sense since ... it didn't
rain) to grab the water off the roof when any kind of rain came. You'd be amazed at just how much water you can gather this way -- and
fast too. I forget the forumla just now, but on a roof of 1000 square feet I think you can collect 600 gallons form an inch of rain or something like that. Anyway, I remember being a little shocked at the notion that the roof on the house and the roof on the garage could combine to catch close to 2500 gallons of water from a half-inch of rain. I digress. This is one of those rain barrels, equipped with an overflow pipe that drains excess water from the back (Yeahright. In a downpour like we usualy have, this is about as useful as trying to shoot a firehose through a funnel.) During the recent "wintry mix" though (which always sounded more like a partuy snack than a forecast to me) the drain was actually doing its job since the ice in the top had to melt before it could drain. Of course, the ice
in the drain had to melt
first. But ulitmately the spring thaw will sort it all out.
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