The boys and I had begun to mow this morning when it began to rain. Left the horses out thinking they were enjoying getting cooled down, until it began to really downpour in buckets. Before we knew it thunder and bad lightening kicked in and water was gushing down the hillside like crazy. We got all the horses inside and I gave them hay and was thinking how cozy they were.
I came inside to watch Jaws and after a while I got curious because some of the horses were whinnying back and forth a little bit too much. I looked out the window and could not believe my eyes. Seemed like the bottom back of the barn had given way and water was gushing through the stalls like river rapids. It had been very well ditched but that didn't matter. The water went well over the top and under the back of the barn.
Sonny was trying to climb on the ceilng to keep his toes from getting wet.
Four of the minis stalls that were involved were Angel, Ebbie, Silver Belle and Holly and Fetus!!!!
Water was just gushing through their stalls and they were in the middle of them, like standing on an island watching the water surround them and go past and out their doors.
The stalls on the other side, Nick, the babies: Merry Beth and Baby Chrissy are dry.
Jerry's in Georga on a job so he couldn't help but we decided to keep them inside there for the time being due to the lightening strikes outside until he got home to rig something up to get them in the new barn since it's high and completely dry.
There's just dirt on the floor, it's all open, no stalls, nothing in there. But I am thinking that they will be fine in there and we can just put a galvanized gate up at both entrances to the isleway. In other words we're going to make do for now just anything to get them out of the water.
We're going to stick a camera up in there too but not much of a chance Holly will be in view of it so just call me Sleepless in Waterville.
Wow this is such a mess.
I came inside to watch Jaws and after a while I got curious because some of the horses were whinnying back and forth a little bit too much. I looked out the window and could not believe my eyes. Seemed like the bottom back of the barn had given way and water was gushing through the stalls like river rapids. It had been very well ditched but that didn't matter. The water went well over the top and under the back of the barn.
Sonny was trying to climb on the ceilng to keep his toes from getting wet.
Four of the minis stalls that were involved were Angel, Ebbie, Silver Belle and Holly and Fetus!!!!
Water was just gushing through their stalls and they were in the middle of them, like standing on an island watching the water surround them and go past and out their doors.
The stalls on the other side, Nick, the babies: Merry Beth and Baby Chrissy are dry.
Jerry's in Georga on a job so he couldn't help but we decided to keep them inside there for the time being due to the lightening strikes outside until he got home to rig something up to get them in the new barn since it's high and completely dry.
There's just dirt on the floor, it's all open, no stalls, nothing in there. But I am thinking that they will be fine in there and we can just put a galvanized gate up at both entrances to the isleway. In other words we're going to make do for now just anything to get them out of the water.
We're going to stick a camera up in there too but not much of a chance Holly will be in view of it so just call me Sleepless in Waterville.
Wow this is such a mess.
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