Hurricane Ike Floods our Farm

Hiller's Creek in full flood stage today

Hurricane Ike dumped 7-inches of water on our farm in Missouri last night. To see what impact such a heavy rainfall had we took a walk along Hiller's Creek after lunch today. Hiller's Creek is the main stream here on the Prairie Garden Trust.

It is in full flood, but had already receded some. The water covered the entire area to the edge of the bluffs. That is about 200-feet from the normal edge of the creek.

With all this moisture we are already starting to see many fall mushrooms. This looks to be a peak year for them.

Comments

[John Storjohann]

A plateful of morels...that does sound good! *grin* I'm hoping that all the rainfall we've had gives us a gloriously colorful fall; I'm hoping to shoot landscapes in the area, and I've never been out to PGT during the fall either...this may be the year! Henry, if you have the time, you should look to do some shooting at Lone Elk during the fall as well; I've been able to get some wonderful images of the bull elk during the rut, from jousting to bugling; quite a sight. BTW...incredible image of Hiller's Creek...