We are melting and the drainage system traditionally does not drain. I call this Lake Weber because it sits in front of their house. I do feel like I live in a village on the prairie as we don't have underground street drains. When it rains the water flows into the streets and down this now underwater ditch that drains to a creek at the end of town. The ditch is the drain system all along this entire street. On main street they do have an underwater drainage system which is on the state high way also. When the water gets to the end of main street it goes down a street drain.
The culverts that run under this road fill with water and freeze as the buildup gets to be so great that it clogs them. This is looking up my street and if you were to turn around you would see flooding in my ditch because my neighbor to the south also has a culvert frozen shut under her driveway. One more house down the corner culvert also is frozen shut. People are required to get a free carwash on one side if they meet ongoing traffic while this situation continues. Today it will be 65 degrees F. and maybe the culverts will thaw just enough to get the creeks flowing again.
2 comments:
Glad to hear you are getting warmer. Not a good way to get a car wash, though.
Ups ! Too much snow.
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