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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

>From what souce does the creek originate.  Is it from an acquifer that has 
>been re-charged from rain, or is it , at least partial, snow melt?

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--- On Tue, 1/6/09, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> Subject: [Homestead] Running water that cleanses the soul
> To: "Homestead List" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 10:50 AM
> For the first time in 4 years, the creek is running! 
> We've had a lot of 
> rain over the last few weeks, and my new rain gauge reads
> 1.97" in the 
> last 24 hours.  They say it used to be a year round stream
> 90 years ago, 
> and was running most of the time even up until the
> 1960's.  Ten years 
> ago, it would run 5 or 6 times a year, usually after a good
> rain, and 
> the last time it ran was around the time the kid left for
> boot camp.
> The creek is prettier when it runs in the Spring or Summer,
> but this is 
> great, too!  I went out and cleared some of the debris to
> make sure 
> there would be no log jam flooding, and from the looks of
> the radar, I 
> did that just in time.  It seems another heavy patch of
> rain is about to 
>   start, so I won't be surprised if we go over 4"
> for today.
> I'll try to put some pictures up later.
> 
> Bev, enjoying the misty mountain and a raging rocky creek.
> 
> -- 
> "The world is my country, all mankind are my
>   brethren, and to do good is my religion."
>   Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
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