Well the rain has come and hopefully gone. The radar is clear over us right now but I would not say we are out of the woods yet. When I last checked the rain gauge we were at 1.25" and that is only since about 2:15 this morning. How do I know that? That is when Maddie, my 3 year old Beagle, decided it was time to play, and of course, I am the lucky one who she comes to when she is energized. As I always do, I peeked outside to see the weather happenings and at that time, the concrete was somewhat dry, however the wind was picking up and the sprinkles had started.
The majority of the rain fell in about a 1 hour window, which left not much time to allow the water to soak in or run off, the end result being an abundance of standing water. The good news is it is slowly draining off so by this afternoon we should not see much at all.
The bunkers had some minor washing out of the faces and the crew is hard at work removing the contamination and fixing these wash outs. Fortunately, the outlook on the rest of the day is better than it started, with strong north winds forecasted. This should help in drying us out in time for the heavy frost on Sunday followed by more rainstorms in the early part of next week.
One positive to come out of this morning is we were able to see the effectiveness of the drain line we installed on #1 and it appears that everything is functioning properly. We still have a little tidying up to do around the catch basin we installed, but we postponed this work due to the forecasted rains today. Our plan is to relevel the ground around the basin to allow better movement of water into the basin, which should help to dry up the approach a little quicker.
Keep warm this weekend, it looks like we could see a hard freeze Saturday and Sunday nights. Unfortunately, this means we may have a lengthy frost delay on Sunday morning, but you can always make plans to come have breakfast at the club and wait it out.
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