Wow. That’s a lot of water! (In the Philly dialect, “That’s alodda wooder!”)
Please remind me, where in sunny California are you? Rick > On Jan 10, 2023, at 2:25 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I actually did use my Pentaxes to get some photos of the weather fun we've > been having. I used my K-3 and 16-50 back on New Years Eve, then mostly > played with my Irix 11/4 today after last night's rains. The funny thing is > that I had taken a fair number of photos before I realized that I had put it > on my K-3 rather than my K-1, so I went back, swapped bodies (I often wish I > could do that with my own body) and then got some real wide angle photos. > > If a few of the photos you can see my home made depth gauge. The photos at > the end of the set show the river after it had dropped to 16 feet, a little > deeper than it got on the 31st. At its deepest this morning I think it was a > bit over 18' deep. > Granted, that's 18' over the portion of the river bed that is usually not > under water, the normal channel is maybe 1/3-1/2 as wide as it is when it > goes cliff to cliff. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720305120476 > > Like a fool, I figured that today was going to be nice and dry, and while > they need to do some work on 17 on the side heading home, they'll be long > done with that before I need to go home. It turns out they finished a bit > before 10PM, I had to take some back roads, with mud from slides, missing > pavement, and some trees here and there, but I got home even it took me an > hour and 15 minutes rather than 45. > > We're supposed to get another nice big storm tonight, and I'm planning on > working from home tomorrow. > > -- > Larry Colen > [email protected]. sent from Mirkwood > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
