October 14, 2005

• WEIRD WEATHER

  It looks like hanging around Maine for the Fall foliage wouldn't have been much fun after all. While it has ben unseasonably hot down here in the South, all of New England seems to be in danger of being washed away. Our lake in DownEast Maine was much higher than usual to start and with and with all the rain they've been having, is over-running docks and some shorefront camps. I hear the dam will be opened today, but this will put more water into the next lake, then into the river, then into the next lake, whose dam overlooks the city of Ellsworth - with no spillway. The last time that dam broke was in 1932 and it took them years to get back to normal.
  As the rain is supposed to move off today or tomorrow, I suppose there will be little more damage, but the Fall foliage is, I suspect, pretty much gone. Of course it's a good thing this happened before the cold weather set in. an ice storm not only takes the leaves, it takes trees, power-lines, and occasional bridges.
  I'm sure the road and drive to our place is gone. Oh well, it will give us something to worry about all winter.

  • 10:30 am
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