But, as you know, other than drinking water, my water is collected rainwater. All of my water needs for the house and other uses are met with captured and stored local rain. So I follow rainfall more than I ever used to. And I measure the depth of the water in the cistern with increasing interest inversely proportional to the amount of rain that has fallen. Two weeks ago Broad Key had about 1" of rain since December. While I was still doing okay, I was getting concerned. Then, at 3:31 Wednesday morning, the clouds let go of their hold on my water. Over the next 12 hours 7.3" of rain fell on Broad Key. Rainfall rates topped 3.7" and 4.7" per hour. (Note the technical data I now quote - I like that weather station!) That is a LOT of water coming down! Living on a limestone sieve has it's benefits. The water just goes straight through and does not pool or collect. The bottom line here is that I made up for the previous 4 months of dry weather in 12 hours.
The "wet" season is still ahead. The summer months are known to provide a lot of rain. I started on Broad Key in September near the end of the wet session. I now see that I can make it through this, my first year.
cz, 1530 5/5/15
cz, 1530 5/5/15
If I remember Miami correctly...ypu;; be overflowing by mid-summer/wet season! The saying "when it rains, it pours" had to have started in south Florida!
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