Up she rises
The Brazos, that is, according to JDAllen and Bob Dunn, here and here. They ought to know, the river being in their backyards, more or less. I need to drive down off the mountain and see if Shoal Creek is rushing white-water yet.
She gets that way after all the rain we’ve been having. “Like this weather?” the fish man asked me the other day at the H-E-B. Does anybody?, I replied. He said no more. Actually, all this rain will have a good result: the Bluebonnets and other wildflowers should be really good in a few more weeks.
Posted: February 5th, 2010 under Blogosphere, Rancho Roly Poly, Texana, Weather/Climate.
Tags: Bluebonnets, Brazos River, Brazos River Blog, H.E.B., Mouth of the Brazos, Shoal Creek
Comments
Comment from Dick Stanley
Time February 5, 2010 at 5:12 PM
Funny how rivers do that. At least the big snow storm is being confined to the northeast, where it belongs.
Comment from SnoopyTheGoon
Time February 6, 2010 at 10:15 AM
And we are still about 4 meters (about 13 feet) under the top level of Kineret. Way to go…
Comment from Dick Stanley
Time February 6, 2010 at 10:48 AM
The Sea of Galilee (Kineret) is four meters low? It’s that “sea” that always throws me. It is a lake, after all. But I thought it was spring fed.
Comment from SnoopyTheGoon
Time February 6, 2010 at 11:25 AM
The springs, whatever is left of them, are a minor portion. Most of the water comes from the rainfall during a few weeks (a few stormy days, actually).
And the “sea” qualifier – well, when you see our mighty Jordan “river” you will understand why Kineret is called “sea”…
Comment from Dick Stanley
Time February 6, 2010 at 4:47 PM
Boy, the myths of my youth die hard. The biblical authors were heavily into exaggeration.
Comment from jdallen
Time February 5, 2010 at 4:56 PM
I think it’s down about six inches, right now. Could be just the tide is out, but there was a wet ring, on the bank, while ago where you could see clean bank, and you couldn’t yesterday afternoon.