[AT] Charlie Hill,

[ATIS]

We only got 2.4" in this most recent event, but we have had rain a bunch  of consecutive  days, and that has totaled nearly 6" and contributed to the flooding. I overheard the local weather guy say that yesterday broke a record of 10 consecutive days  of rain in Greensboro nc - about 30 miles east of here.  We had about 6/100 this morning so that makes 11 days.  

48 degrees yesterday morning and high winds so it was cold rain as well.

www.rdfarms.com/weather

Spencer Yost

> On Oct 4, 2015, at 8:21 AM, <jtchall at nc.rr.com> <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Charlie, good to hear you haven't washed away! Not only are you guys getting 
> plenty of rain but everything here is headed your way as well! The 
> reservoirs were only down a few feet, but at least they were able to hold 
> that much back--I'm sure they are all running over now. The farm pond has a 
> 4" drain line, it was about a 1/2 " from the top of the line yesterday. We 
> got about 1/2" of rain yesterday afternoon and you would have thought it was 
> 2" the way it ran off. Dad said we are up to about 10.5" in the last week. 
> The wind has turned to fairly strong gusts this morning--hope it doesn't 
> blow over any trees.
> 
> Only about 1/2 the corn here has been picked. None of the soybeans. Maybe 
> 1/2 the tobacco still left? Those guys really needed to be in the field last 
> week. With so many of them running harvesters, its going to be a mess. They 
> have about 3 weeks to go before frost danger. For those not familiar with 
> tobacco, Too much rain this late in the season can make the leaves fall off, 
> wind can bend the stalks. When this happens the mechanical harvesters cannot 
> do a good job. One mechanical harvester can replace about 8 men to do the 
> job manually. Tobacco is like produce, it can't take a freeze/frost--and 
> that time of year is fast approaching here. Once it is out of the field it 
> still takes a week to cure it in the curing barns, so you have to leave 
> whatever is in the field out there until a barn is available. A lost crop is 
> a very real possibility for some of these guys.
> 
> Charlie, what's the story on peanuts? We are hearing they had been dug but 
> not combined, guess they are worried about them rotting in the field? Can 
> that crop be combined high in moisture and then dried? For that matter are 
> they harvested in the shell or are they shelled with the combine? Never met 
> anyone that raised peanuts.
> 
> Do we have any members in South Carolina? Weather reports a couple days ago 
> were predicting areas south and east of Charlotte to get 15" or more of 
> rain, I can't imagine that much rain in a couple of days.
> 
> John Hall
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: charlie hill
> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 4:36 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Charlie Hill,
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> Yes I'm in Coastal NC in New Bern.  It's been raining almost every day here
> for about 3 weeks.
> It rained hard up until yesterday morning when it let off.  Yesterday was
> nice and sunny and
> I was able to get my yard mowed.  I think it rained during the night last
> night but I'm not
> sure how much.  Most of the water problems we are having are from
> astronomically high tides
> and wind.  The blood moon we just had was a good bit closer to earth than
> the moon usually
> is and that increased the tide height.  Also, when we get an east wind,
> primarily North East,
> it backs water up into the river here and prevents the creeks and rivers
> from flowing out normally.
> Some low, flood prone areas are slightly flooded but so far not as bad as I
> feared.   We are high
> and dry here at our place.
> 
> My sister lives N/W of Charleston.   They have a mess there but as far as I
> know her house and
> neighborhood is fine.
> 
> Thanks for asking.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mike
> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2015 8:10 PM
> To: ATIS
> Subject: [AT] Charlie Hill,
> 
> Charlie, are you getting any of the rain where you are, I thought you
> were in NC?
> 
> Mike M
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