MANIC MECHANIC:
Cold and rained like mad here today. burningm looks like more than one flood this year. Tim Danged wettest drought I ever did see!
Yep, finally cleared off here on Fri/Sat. Lake Norman got so full I had water over the boatlift, and lickin' on the vee-bottom. Neighbor's pier was submerged- told him years ago he needed to raise it up! Water is in the yard, along with every bit of lake trash that normally gets floated onto my beach- now in the yard! I looked out into the channel Sun morning and saw building materials floatin' around- a couple of 2x10's off somebody's dock project ended up in our cove. Mine now! Glad nobody hit that stuff. Woulda made a big bang back at the ole outdrive. And messed up a perfectly good piece of treated lumber, too.
Man, I feel for the folks downriver- for every foot that Norman goes up or down, the next lake south gets nailed- 10' shift at times. Look out South Carolina, we're sending you some of that water you were moanin' about not having last year.
Be careful what you wish for...