Yes well we need the rain - need lots more of that wet stuff - and we have had rather a lot in the past few days. My patio, outside my front door, is flooded as the drainage ditch at the side of the bungalow has over-flowed so the gap at the end of the patio leading to it - well, the rain water has nowhere to go so has backed up. Half of my front yard is now quietly building up on the path at the front of the bungalow, and from the look of things, part of the pavement is on its way down to join in the fun. I need some things at the macolet but cannot get there as it is bucketing down and neither Xanadu nor Tontoo can go out in the rain because of their 'lectrix and motors. The Silver Monster could, although he should not, but I cannot get round to The Shack to get him out - and of course he is far too big to go into the macolet. BUT This happened in town today... Part of the hospital was flooded... And a few cars went swimming...
Gosh Malka, I thought you lived on the edge of a desert! Those pictures look more like Northern England floods. At times like that the pee pads certainly seem the better option - imagine having a dog that would only go outside in conditions like those.
We have had heavy rain for about five days, but on and off, not all the time. It is not even the major rainy season yet! Not even a river anywhere near to overflow - just too much rain in too short a time. The actual Negev Desert has been hit by flash floods whereas it is normally bone dry as you would expect a desert to be. This was in one of the fairly new neighbourhoods - I am not sure which as town has grown so much since I lived there and I do not recognise it... Hopefully some might drain into the coastal aquifer but most will end up in the Mediterranean. Luckily I am well stocked up with pee pads and they will always deliver more if necessary. And yes, I really am grateful that Tikva will use them. I think the plastic backing is biodegradable as I would hate for them to end up as more forever landfill as baby diapers do, and I only have to change them once a day so not too bad. When she poos I just pick it up with a tissue and chuck it in the loo, so there is never any odour hanging around. It is at times like this that I am glad she is a slow-learner regarding house-training. Can you imagine if she refused to use pee pads in this weather?
And that, my friend, is just from five days rain - not even totally non-stop rain but mostly on two diabolical days. In a coastal resort? On the subject of a supply of pee pads, we regularly get leaflets/pamphlets with instructions as to how much tinned/dried food/bottled water etc according to the number of people in each apartment/house - "in case of an emergency". The emergency can being anything that stops people being able to get out or stops supplies being delivered to stores. Not that it mentions pee pads! This is why I do not panic too much when I cannot get across the road to the macolet although I do not like not to be able to get fresh vegetables and fruit. At least we did not lose power here, just briefly, whereas some thousands in town did and some people are still without power. There are more than a few advantages living just 15 minutes inland from town. We had our major floods a few years back when the then almost non-existent sewers packed up but they were then replaced. From the look of the balagan in town, the new neighbourhoods had modern sewerage... ...somehow I do not think so.
I have just been looking through some of the video clips put up on YouTube yesterday, and I cannot believe the vast areas of flooding in town. These are not downtown, the old area, where I would not have been surprised, but most of these are new areas. What an absolute mess. It has been raining heavily on and off here today but luckily - so far - the rain stops long enough for it to drain off.
Hope you get some respite from the rain Malka, and you are soon free of the slush and rubble. Is there anyone who will help clear your yard?
I should be OK Carole - the Local Authority had the sewers replaced after the last time they over-flowed, and as I am just inland from town so a bit higher, that sort of flooding should not happen here - although both in this bungalow and the previous one I rented had yucky water spewing up through the shower drain holes when the old sewers could not cope. Both bungalows being set very low so flooded. But all the main drainage ditches were well cleared out when the sewers were replaced and everything seems to drain OK once the rain has stopped. Even a short break and it drains enough ready for the next downpour, and primitive as this place is, at least we have drainage ditches, which they do not have in town. The main problem is that we do not have gutters and downpipes leading into the sewers, so the rain that hits a roof just pours off and has to find its own way to the nearest drainage ditch. I can get out as long as it is not raining but the mess on the path along the front of the bungalow to The Shack will have to wait. Nir and one of the guys he sometimes employs will clear that but there is no point at the moment while there are still a few rainy months to come.
Yehoots, we live big city and people whine when the roadway mildly floods...I can't even imagine if it washed away. Glad all is safe with you and Tikva is okay with pee pads...when we first got Sophie she was okay using a litter box, the kits were not pleased.
