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crazychicknladyToday was flood day. We had an hour scheduled like normal. We can handle 1 hour of water. Sometimes it's a little tight, and we have to shore up the berms a bit, and we leak a little.
Today the neighbors didn't remember to take their turn till 10 minutes into it. This means I had my valves open an extra 5 minutes waiting for them to come out and close theirs; I also had an extra five minutes of the overflow water pouring into our yard after I closed my valves and ran over to tell the neighbors to turn on theirs.
This meant we had lots of leaking and overflowing berms. I did damage control (moving dirt) for over half an hour. Some of it I just couldn't stop. As of now, there are no more leaks that I can find. There is lots of water on the road in front of our house, but I did manage to keep it from getting to the main street.
If we get in trouble for this, I'm going to be pissed.
Of course, I belatedly noticed that there was a sheriff's car outside my neighbors house, so maybe they have more to worry about than I do at the moment.
ETA: I just talked to the guy in change of water, and he knows it's not my fault. He said, if anything, he'd write up our neighbor for taking his water late - but I told him I didn't care as long as I didn't get in trouble. I don't think he's going to write up anyone, but he did mention glass houses and throwing stones with regards to our neighbor....
Today the neighbors didn't remember to take their turn till 10 minutes into it. This means I had my valves open an extra 5 minutes waiting for them to come out and close theirs; I also had an extra five minutes of the overflow water pouring into our yard after I closed my valves and ran over to tell the neighbors to turn on theirs.
This meant we had lots of leaking and overflowing berms. I did damage control (moving dirt) for over half an hour. Some of it I just couldn't stop. As of now, there are no more leaks that I can find. There is lots of water on the road in front of our house, but I did manage to keep it from getting to the main street.
If we get in trouble for this, I'm going to be pissed.
Of course, I belatedly noticed that there was a sheriff's car outside my neighbors house, so maybe they have more to worry about than I do at the moment.
ETA: I just talked to the guy in change of water, and he knows it's not my fault. He said, if anything, he'd write up our neighbor for taking his water late - but I told him I didn't care as long as I didn't get in trouble. I don't think he's going to write up anyone, but he did mention glass houses and throwing stones with regards to our neighbor....
