Sunday, December 21, 2008

What a Difference a Week Makes

A week ago the River was showing her quiet power, today the picture on the Wood River looks a lot like the Christmas cards I should be writing right now.

Let's see, it was 5 inches of rain in one day last week, a foot of snow in one day this week. What will next week bring?

Saturday, December 13, 2008

The River Flexes Her Muscle


The keywords that best describe my sense of the Wood River are usually terms like tranquil, serene, or peaceful. Drop 5 inches of rain in a single day on the watershed and River shows a different face -- strong and powerful. The water flowing over the Barberville dam roars, and on the south side of the bridge the rapids froth. The baseball diamond at Dow field in Hope Valley is totally submerged and the high water line by the concession booth is frozen. Summer sure seems far away.



My favorite web site during high water conditions like today is the USGS real-time stream flow site. The URL is: http://tinyurl.com/5v86o5 . The water level in the Wood River in Hope Valley peaked last night and has been slowly receding today.