Friday saw a lot of meltage with the top temp being 57* and receiving around 3" of rain.
This is the stream that developed in the back yard takin about 4:30 pm. The neighbors' lights help show that is all water.
Here you can see ponding that developed just off the corner of the path to the drainage area, both beside and behind the raised bed.
This was taken earlier in the day, about 12:30 pm and shows the stream that finally developed and broke thru the snow in the swamp. The running water is the dark part to the right. The slightly lighter portions are where the snow is still soaking in the water, but it too broke open later that afternoon
Oh, and pulling back some, you can see all the snow has melted off the landscape blocks (see previous post that showed the hump of snow that it was before.
The garage stayed pretty dry and the front yard didn't flood to back up into the garage, so my mitigation efforts on Thursday were worth it.
And here is my lunch for Christmas day - nachos with chips, cheese, refried beans, salsa, black olives and sour cream. This is the "nice" picture, before I start eating, I smear the sour cream all over the top. I do have guacamole, but didn't feel like having any that time.
And, to end off the rain event, I woke up to snow on the railings and at the end of the ramp Saturday morning (about 3:30 am). Just a dusting, but considering it was still in the high 40's just 6-7 hours before, quite impressive that it was sticking.
What a fancy plate of nachos - looking yummy. Super - that your mitigation efforts were quite effective. It's great that you didn't have much water in your garage. Thanks for the lovely photos!
P.S. The nachos that I made for your dad differed from yours in that I used triangular-shaped tortilla chips, I sliced & diced stuffed green olives rather than black, I added taco-style ground beef that I had fixed a few days before, & instead of sour cream, I drizzled molten Velveeta on top (the tortilla chips having been pre-heated with a bit of shredded cheddar, to coat).
P.P.S. A few weeks ago, I bought a jar of "Herdez Guacamole Salsa" (because I've used & liked "Herdez Salsa Verde". Haven't tried the guacamole salsa, but it looks yummy. Dillon's doesn't carry Herdez products, AFAIK, so it took my switching to shopping at the little WalMart for me to find these products. While I expect such products' jar contents to be labeled in fluid ounces, these are labeled by avoirdupois ounces - 16 for the salsa verde and 15.7 for the guacamole salsa.
Posted by: Cop Car | December 27, 2020 at 08:35 AM
I have some of the Herdez product also. It is a bit on the runny side for my liking to use on nachos, but it has a good flavor. I use it most often on a salad or if I make a bean dip instead of nachos. I am unsure if the local Shaw's carries it. I do know the several jars I got were from the Wally World in Concord.
Interesting on the fluid content - I just checked my jar and it is in fluid ounces with alternate measure in grams. Wonder why the difference? Maybe it's because we are much more likely to have French speaking people here as to Spanish speaking?
Posted by: bogie | January 01, 2021 at 04:47 AM
Your observation about runniness surely applies to the guacamole salsa that I opened a few days ago. It wasn't great on a tostado that I made; but, yesterday, I rewarmed a dish of chicken & rice (made with Campbell's cream of chicken with herbs soup, undiluted), sprinkling it with finely shredded cheddar, pouring some of the guacamole salsa over the top when it was removed from the microwave. It was yummy. It will take forever to finish off the jar by using it so sparsely, but it tastes great.
We are experiencing a heavy snow this morning - already a couple of inches, expecting another couple.
Posted by: Cop Car | January 01, 2021 at 07:48 AM
WE got a couple of inches of snow overnight, now it is misting "sleet".
Posted by: bogie | January 02, 2021 at 04:28 AM
That's not good. It makes things lovely - and treacherous.
Posted by: Cop Car | January 02, 2021 at 10:41 AM