Walden Ridge (or Walden's Ridge) is a mountain ridge and escarpment located north of Harriman and
It’s this range, being over 3,000 feet at its highest, that protects our section of the
We have had “down burst” that pushed a lot of trees on my property down, but there was no evidence of twisting in the downfalls.
Last evening the warnings were for high winds and heavy rains. We got a lot of heavy rain and some wind, but nothing damaging. The warnings of 50 mph winds locally, and 80 mph in the mountains, were heeded by the local utility companies, who kept workers over sharpening chainsaws, and just “in case”. As for us, the higher winds seemed to go around us…thankfully.
However, there is evidence of the heavy rains in our backyard…well; technically that part of “my” yard belongs to TVA. Yesterday you could see nothing but mud for about 300 yards out, but this morning the water level was about 40 to 50 feet up into “their” yard (it has been higher)! They are reporting that our area received over 3” of rain, and the areas up stream got 2 or more inches, and it all accounted for what’s in “our” yard today.
I sure hope everyone fared as well. My backyard will handle the rain, but I can do without heavy winds.
I do wish the mountain would allow the heavy snows through!
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Heavy Snow? Just head up to the Mohawk Valley of upstate NY, or the Astabula County area of northeast Ohio...all the snow you would ever want.
Your valley looks real nice, even without the snow.
I don't want to go anywhere...I want it here. I've been to Alaska and Jackson Hole and saw lots of snow...I just want it here! It's cheaper that way.
Man, winds like that ain't supposed to happen 'round here, OR down there! Them be Nebraska/Oklahoma-winds, fer them flat prairies!
Too many damned hills, hollers, an' curves in our roads. The closer ya' get to the Ozarks, the less shoulder on the roads, it seems. Not much room for error, due to sustained winds of 35-40, with gusts to 60-65, although it wasn't recorded as "official". It was by one of our county paramedics, using a hand-held meter.
The best part of the show was watchin' him attempt to stand steady, while dodgin' sticks, sudden wind gusts, and trashcans that appeared outta nowhere, it seemed...!
We got the heavy winds the other day, too - 50 mph - which is very unusual for the Boston area. Glad it wasn't snowing! That would have shut things down for a while.
It was friggin' 70 here today. Depresses the hell out of me, even before the Cowboys sucked it up again. I wish it would wait till I'm off from work and then snow so that we got deep drifts of the stuff. But this is Texas, so it ain't likely.
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