[AT] Farm flooding update California

[charlie hill]

Grant, I'm sorry for your flooding losses.  
Hopefully markets will be high and sales good
so that you can recover quickly.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Grant Brians 
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 8:44 PM 
To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
Subject: [AT] Farm flooding update California 

A small update with hopefully a picture. Today it appears that our 
flooding is about 120-130 acres. I am attempting to attach a picture 
looking at 50 acres of water with the trees along the creek and the 
"reservoir ditch" - i.e. deepened and straightened natural drainage 
swale that now makes up the boundary between two fields. This is just 
one of the ranches we have coveres with substantial amounts of water. 
Three creeks have overflowed their banks onto land I farm, plus the road 
to my home has been covered with up to 16" of water.... This is what can 
happen in a WET winter year. I did lose some fields of vegetables with 
all of this water, but we are still picking and selling through the rain.
      The pictures I have are not as dramatic as I know they should be, 
thanks to the still green plants in the water, but hopefully this gives 
an idea of the views....
               Grant Brians - Hollister,California tired and damp farmer 
of vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, seeds, Walnuts and Fruit






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