Cassi Creek:
Yesterday the creek was clear, flowing at normal speed, and confined
within its banks. It could be safely
waded. We’ve received 1.45 inches of
rain in the last 24 hours, almost all of that after midnight. The creek is high, dangerously fast and
looking for low banks to expand outward.
It is, as the saying goes, risen or rose. As a side effect to the large amount of rain
we’ve received, it is also too wet to plow.
I had no intention of plowing so that facet does not overly affect my
plans for the day. The soaked soil and
high winds may cause problems with trees.
The winds
have abated and I don’t believe we had any damage. The rain continues to fall
with no probability of ending until tonight or tomorrow morning.
We discovered
yesterday that Church’s Gutters left more undone than we knew about. Thirty feet of leaf guard was not
installed. The cost to finish what they
did not will run over $300. Another
low-bid local contractor bit us on the ass.
The cost of taking them to court is about $200. While we would certainly win the case, Church
has nothing of value and we suspect neither money nor a business still
functioning. He’ll skate by because we
can ill afford to throw more money after him.
It needs to go into our home repairs.
We met some
interesting people at the contra dance last night. We’ll pursue the acquaintance and see where
it goes. They seem to share our concerns
and values. They moved here from New
York and seem to be a blue dot in a pool of red that is NE Tennessee. We need more of those dots.
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