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Double the rain, double the fun?

Posted on March 3, 2020 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

What’s that saying again about “February showers bringing …”? Well, if there wasn’t already a saying, there is now. Last month Mother Nature dumped so much rain on the Savannah River Basin we were this close (see above photo by … Continue reading →

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Demystifying DL1

Posted on December 11, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

Not normally known as wet month for the Savannah River Basin, November did its best to solidify its reputation as an underachiever. All three sub-basins fell short of their averages, with Hartwell registering 3.2 inches, nearly an inch and a … Continue reading →

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Procrastination pays off?

Posted on November 5, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

I’ll admit it: By last week I had written off the Savannah River Basin as being subpar for another month. Who needs rainfall anyway? However, pre-Halloween storms blew through like a wolf on our three little pigs and pushed each … Continue reading →

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Luck is a matter of perspective

Posted on September 10, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

I’m not a betting man, but if I lived in the upper Savannah River Basin, I’d think Mother Nature was trying to tell me something.

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Setting the stage

Posted on August 9, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

Well, there’s one thing you can say about July’s rainfall: it wasn’t June, but it also wasn’t May, either. (Or is that two things?)

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June showers make up for May’s wilted flowers

Posted on June 16, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

You know that feeling when you take a sip of ice cold water and you can feel it go all the way down your esophagus? That was last week after the unbearably dry month of May. It was so dry … Continue reading →

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Flowers or not, April’s rain still welcome

Posted on May 3, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

The Savannah River Basin continued its march toward summer with stable, (mostly) above average rainfall in April. Hartwell kicked it up a notch, collecting a solid 6.2 inches compared to its 4.6-inch average.