Dry days in Duke Forest


Here on the Eastern side of NC we've largely been without rain all Summer long. We had a hard rain on Friday--between a half inch to two inches depending on location--and it was the first recorded rainfall here in 4 weeks.

I went to Duke Forest on Saturday hoping to get some pictures of the stream running again what with the influx of that water. Ha! Just a few isolated pools of water there. This is the dryest I've ever seen the streams and rivers of the region in the 9 years that I've lived here.

Normally all the rocks in that picture above are covered with running water. Now just the lowest spots have a little standing water--and that's after having a deluge of rain just the night before. No fish in that river anymore! I might go back today to explore the upper reaches of the stream a little further...

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Unknown said…
Hi there:
The photograph of the creekbed is so breathtaking.
Kind regards!
Julian
www.ijulian.blogspot.com
12:40 AM
SassyAssy said…
That is incredibly dry looking...I fear the fall will not be quite as colorful for us this year because of the drought.
11:25 AM
Unknown said…
It must be beautiful with water flowing through it.
6:47 PM
Anonymous said…
We haven't had any rain in either and last Friday it rained hard all day so of course we had a flood. There is a small creek and pond at the very end of our road going into the main highway and so I couldn't go anywhere. We had 14 inches in like no time. Our yard looks like a zebra striped with the mulch that the rain flooded into the yard. But the pond...the pond looks great now!
10:59 AM
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