After hemming and hawing for that last couple of months after my trusty old glass rain gage shattered in a very heavy thunderstorm, I finally got a new one ordered and installed to replace it. As befitting an old fart Grandpa that wears bifocals, it’s got Ezy read numbers. (and for those in LA, yes it measures inches).
In a bit of deja vu, we are again expecting another round of severe weather with heavy rain and possible 70mph/110kmh winds or tornados late this afternoon and night time.
After my father died I took ownership of a rain gauge that he had. It’s now my most prized possession in my garden. I’d be devastated if it broke.
/Over sharing to Internet strangers.
It’s fine to share such things.
About heirlooms. You cannot buy an heirloom to hand down no matter how much you spend. Heirlooms are made, not purchased. And I’ve been party to plenty of discussions about such things. People thinking that their kids, or more likely, their Grandchildren will truly appreciate some expensive thing they want to buy for them to inherit. That’s not the case. What becomes an heirloom are those things they see you use regularly and build memories together with. And it can be something as simple and wonderful as a rain gage. A heirloom is merely a talisman that evokes the memories that matter.
So check that rain gage with pride! And remember!
I could tell how this one goes amongst most married couples
“HONEY LOOKS LIKE IT’S GONNA RAIN”
“okay sweetie”
“HONEY I bet you this is gonna be a 3, maybe a 4 or even a 5”
“Okay sweetie”
4 hours later
BABE GUESS WHAT
BABE
GUESS HOW HIGH IT IS
YOU’LL NEVER BELIEVE IT
No, it’s more like I put the new rain gage up Grandma!. It’s soooo cool! It then never rains again…
This happened with this new gage. The weather forecast promised heavy thunder storms and showers for all day. I stood on my dock looking across the lake at the thunder storm passing me by just a few miles to the southeast. Not a single drop did we get.
I am disappoint. So, so disappoint… 😰 😰
I always think it’s a huge victory when we are able to convince our selves to spend a little money on some really practical, simple joy like this
It’s the simple things that are the best things.
That’s probably closer to fourteen inches.
Not even in my wildest insanity has it ever been more than 7"
That’s what she said.
No she’d say it was three and a half on a good day.
I need one of these.
We got over 2 inches last night in about an hour.
I’ll have to poke around and see if there are any local sources. I really hate ordering off Amazon
(central Florida)
Any hardware or big box store will have them. I would have bought one at my local hardware store in town, but they were out and not ordering more until spring. And I the middle of nowhere here, ordering from Amazon or Walmart is a necessity if you need or want things that people in the big cities take for granted. Otherwise you do without.
You need to install it right under thr gutter overflow. Otherwise you want read all the rain.
Don’t have gutters. The snow sliding off the roof sees to that.
Hope you will be safe and have a good time. Front just blew through here and there goes the power. Luckily, I have the power of propaaaane
It all went southeast of us by just a few miles.Not a single drop of rain.
Sorry, sure your gauge will be baptized soon.
It better be quick. Won’t be too many more weeks and the snow will start falling here. In 3 or 4 weeks I will need to take it in for the winter.
It were always raining in Denley Moor, except on days when it were fine.
It were always cold and snowing here in Frost Bite Falls, except on the days it weren’t.
