Some serious rain is heading for them Southern states

[malaise]

http://www.weather.com/maps/news/atlstorm1/gulfofmexicosatellite_large.html

Louisiana will get more than she needs. Good luck Tennessee and northern Georgia. Hope you get some.

Add.

[Ghost in the Machine]

1. Been raining here in East Tennessee all day. Supposed to last through thursday

the last I saw. I hope Georgia is getting some of it too... they need it

[malaise]

2. Great news

Enjoy. :D

[Wiley50]

6. Ditto Here near Nashville n/t

[Individualist]

14. Not where I live in northeast TN

We've only had sprinkles, but there's a greater chance of rain tomorrow and tomorrow night. We're currently 17+ inches below normal for the year. :(

At least our homes aren't in danger (unless forest fires start). Good luck to those who live in SoCal!

[Ahpook]

18. Yep.

Sprinkles here in Knoxville.

I welcome any and all though:)

[Ghost in the Machine]

29. I'm just a little south of you (about 40 miles) in the Sweetwater/Athens area

and it's been raining all day.. not always steady, but we've had some good downpours. One of them was just a few minutes ago. Still raining as I type....

[Ahpook]

35. Knoxville is strange:)

In more ways than one:) Being in the valley tends to push stormy weather out.

Hope we get some. The ground is broken and cracked.

Not to mention i am still wearing t-shirts towards the end of October?!

[TornadoTN]

21. Must be up near the TRI

We're bone dry up in this corner - pretty much everything outdoors is dead, ground compacted and cracking. Keeping our garden alive was a real chore this year with the weather. I'm still getting fresh tomatoes and watermelon out of the garden this late in the season.

Hopefully this rain sets in for a couple days. We need to replenish our water tables badly. My father in law tried to use a backhoe to pull a dead tree out of the ground and it wouldn't budge it was so dry. They finally pulled it out and he said that the ground was completely dry all the way down to about 20 feet, probably lower.

[malaise]

23. Damn

and we're soaking wet - the most October rain I've seen in 32 years.

[Individualist]

24. Correct. I do live in the Tri

Tri-Cities airport reported a big .08" of rain today, less than that where I live.

[TornadoTN]

39. Well hello neighbor!

Glad to see another neighbor on here!

If you can, keep me posted of progressive events in the area. They may not get much play on the airwaves, but there are plenty out there!

[Nay]

37. Not a drop yet in Richmond, VA. And we need it badly.

[lonestarnot]

3. Now if CA could get some.

[malaise]

4. They sure need a system like this one

lots of rain.

[sgsmith]

5. Bring it on!

Yeah baby! Water falling from the sky, what an amazing concept.

[malaise]

7. Flash flood warnings in NOLA, and Biloxi

Tornado warnings in Alabama.

Enjoy -hope is just lots of rain and no tornadoes. :grouphug:

[lonestarnot]

9. Swampie you take care!

:hug:

[malaise]

22. Ditto and Bosshog too

:grouphug:

[CottonBear]

8. It's been raining here in NE GA since last night.

We are desperate for rain. My county and the 3 others around me which share the Bear Creek reservoir are on a total outdoor watering ban. We are scheduled to RUN OUT of water by December.
:scared: The citizens, the governments, business and industry are doing their part to conserve water (about a 20% savings so far) but we've already had some business casualties due to the drought. :(

Even the University of Georgia Athletic Dept. is not irrigating the field in Sanford Stadium. This rain should green up the bermuda turf in time for homecoming on Nov. 3. (We had no home games in October so the field isn't torn up.)

We got about 0.77 inch a week or so ago but it barely made a dent in reservoir or river levels.

What we need is a hurricane to come inland and dump massive rains on us here in the Southeast.

Pray for rain. Do a rain dance. Conserve water.

[malaise]

11. I promise you some good rain from this system

Enjoy.

[CottonBear]

28. Thank you! Is it raining down there in Jamaica?

I know y'all don't want a hurricane down there on the islands but we sure need one to come inland and dump a ton of water on us.

[malaise]

31. We had six non-stop days a fortnight ago

complete with seven deaths, flooding, road and bridge destruction. We already lost most of our crops from hurricane Dean and most of the island's nurseries were flooded out.

It has rained almost every day since on and off so the usual problem areas are flooding because the ground is saturated. You don't want to see the new potholes but I did see some road work people working today..before it started raining again this afternoon. It's a beautiful evening now but more rain's coming tomorrow.

[CottonBear]

33. Yikes! I hope yall can recover from the crop loss.

Can you grow most crops year round there in normal weather?

The infrastucture damage to bridges and storm drain systems can be devastating.

Take care and send that rain up to Georgia and the Southeast!

I would love to visit Jamaica someday. What is the best time to visit or is anytime good?

I almost moved to Grenada a nember of years ago with a boyfriend. The hurricane really wiped them out. I would have most likely lost my house if I'd been living there.

[malaise]

36. All year

Thankfully we planted some beans, peas and tomatoes after the hurricane and our nursery survived on the patio. I don't want to think about the price of vegetables this Christmas. I like Jamaica best in April/May and hotel rates drop big time on May 15th. Grenada has recovered. They won't allow their collective memory of hurricanes to fail them next time. Ivan was their first direct hit since Janet in the 1950s.

[NashVegas]

17. Best of Luck

So far today, we've gotten .74 inch in Nash Vegas.

[CottonBear]

27. Thanks! You're doing good up there in TN! O.74" :)

:woohoo: I grew up in Chattanooga. I hope my mom is getting rain. It's been dry as a bone there too!

Greetings from Athens, GA! :hi:

[HeeBGBz]

10. I've been rained on all day long in Biloxi

Blew my umbrella inside out and backward. Big heavy honkin rains.

[cboy4]

12. Ah screw them. Tennesee and Georgia are red

states who voted for Bush.

I hope it never rains again to punish these red states, because as we know, there are no Dems/Duers who live in red states. :sarcasm:

[malaise]

13. LOL

Be nice :D

[cboy4]

16. It a running joke today because of comments

about how California deserves the wildfires, especially in San Diego where there a large number of Republicans -- as though the fires hopscotch, and burn the homes of freepers. :eyes:

[malaise]

20. I know

I generally stay away from flames and hope all the people in California stay safe.

[catmandu57]

15. I've been watching the system

There's quite a bit of rain yet to come up from the gulf, hopefully everyone will get a good drenching.

[NashVegas]

19. And We Are Soaking It In, I Hope

My fear is soil erosion, but am thankful for this.

[MedleyMisty]

25. It was fairly cloudy here in NC

No rain, though. Sigh.

[malaise]

26. The Weather Channel people forecasters said this will

eventually head North East - good luck.

[CottonBear]

30. My Aunt lives in Wilmington. They are down almost 19" in rainfall for this year.

I was there when the tropical storm blew by and it missed them and hit Hatteras and the outerbanks instead.

I hope this rain goes your way! :hi: from a native Tarheel!

:(

[Lex]

32. The Gov. here in NC today told us to cut our consumption by 50% starting now

and they are beginning to use the "r" word---rationing.

[CottonBear]

34. Yikes! We are about to go to "Plan F" here in Athens, GA (rationing of some sort)

"Plan F" hasn't been totally defined yet but schools, medical faciltiies and fire lines would take top priority.
:scared:

Good luck! I'll send the rain your way! :hi:

[usaftmo]

38. Lots of rain throughout the day in MS...

too bad it didn't wash out the rightwingers with it.
:shrug:

[Tsiyu]

40. Thank you malaise

Raining off and on here on the South Cumberland Plateau. And we are also on a burn ban, water restrictions, etc, here.

Last week 140 acres burned nearby, but that is nothing compared to what's going on in CA, i realize. Still, the threat of wildfire has been significant and living in the woods that has been a big worry.

My hope is that i will finally have running water agasin after this rain. Fortunately my cousin bought a place a mile from here on the water line so I can haul water for horses and chickens, but I'd love to see my well working again!

Good weather mojo to all :hi:

[TornadoTN]

41. So far we're just seeing the clouds - no rain

Not a good way to get started with this system, the patterns are trending west of us here in parched East Tennessee. We've got a few sprinkles, enough to make the roadway damp, but not put a dent in our shortages or dry soil.

We've got a couple more days of potential rain, so here's to hoping.