Blustery Day

Overnight we had a slow gentle rain followed by a sharp freshet at 6 a.m., with a total of 75/100ths.
I was curious to see if that would produce flooding in the Woods, so drove down through the trash station to the South Central trail.
The Ragweed Delta and the Willow basin on the south were both flooded and water was moving slowly upstream west through the Beaver Dam; but had only gone less than 50 m west of the Dam. The area south of the dune along the Dune Trail was flooded but west of there was clear. At the upper Northeast corner of the Ragweed Delta there were rapids. But there was no break over across the levee and the water was just below the top log of the Elm Bridge and just below covering the island of Island Crossing.
The East Pond was at 1.37 feet and the West Pond was 2.16 feet.

There were 30-40 mph North winds gusting and tossing the tree tops. In the dense thickets of young 40 yr old green ash the trees rattled against each other like a percussion instrument across the stand. Light yellow leaves were still raining down and most trees are now bare.. but a few large cottonwoods still hold their yellow crowns. One white-tailed doe on the hill slope above the East Pond stopped, then ran away east.