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May 11
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Rain resumes
This week has been a nice break from the relentless downpours. But apparently it is not going to last. Here's the weather forecast for the next 10 days (below). Really! I miss California more and more.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Underwater, Figuratively And Literally
Dear readers, I am sorry for my lack of posts this spring. There has not been that much that has seemed worthy of posting. I study, eat, sleep, watch birds, read, spend time with friends and shop at my favorite thrift stores. Same old story. There are a few noteworthy funny and bizarre stories/facts to post from classes, which I will try to do soon.
I am mostly very excited that I only have two weeks of school left!!! While I enjoy school immensely, I am beyond ready for a break from sitting in lecture for hours and the stress of exams. I don't have terribly exciting plans for the summer-- work on rehabilitating my knee so I can run again, put together a bird skeleton or two that I have in the freezer at school, visit my friends in California and hopefully do an externship somewhere. What I'm most looking forward to is seeing the birth of S's newest goat kids while I'm back in California. I think goat babies are the absolute cutest babies in the entire world!
So for the next two weeks, I continue to slog through a daunting stack of lectures. Part of vet school is getting used to the fact that one is pretty much always behind. My first year, a second year student said something that really helped me adjust and was quite insightful. She said, "If you do laundry or shop for groceries, you are going to be behind." Meaning that it is inevitable you will fall behind in your work just by taking time out of your day for the basic activities needed to get by. There are some people who seem to stay on top of their work, but for the majority, being behind on your work at some point during the semester is par for the course.
Being underwater is usually a figurative term (and one commonly used by vet students to describe the sensation of being overwhelmed-- last year one second year described the work load in block 4 to me as feeling like she was lying on the bottom of a swimming pool staring up), but this spring the whole town has been underwater as we have received 3 times the normal amount of rain, perhaps more. For weeks now the weather forecast has included a dire red box at the top reading "flood warning." Luckily, the place where I live has suffered very little damage other than a large puddle of water at the bottom of the driveway. I don't think there has been much damage overall. My favorite story is how someone saw a blue heron fishing in the Wegman's parking lot. Bizarre!
So here's one of the latest warnings:
Issued by The National Weather Service
I am mostly very excited that I only have two weeks of school left!!! While I enjoy school immensely, I am beyond ready for a break from sitting in lecture for hours and the stress of exams. I don't have terribly exciting plans for the summer-- work on rehabilitating my knee so I can run again, put together a bird skeleton or two that I have in the freezer at school, visit my friends in California and hopefully do an externship somewhere. What I'm most looking forward to is seeing the birth of S's newest goat kids while I'm back in California. I think goat babies are the absolute cutest babies in the entire world!
So for the next two weeks, I continue to slog through a daunting stack of lectures. Part of vet school is getting used to the fact that one is pretty much always behind. My first year, a second year student said something that really helped me adjust and was quite insightful. She said, "If you do laundry or shop for groceries, you are going to be behind." Meaning that it is inevitable you will fall behind in your work just by taking time out of your day for the basic activities needed to get by. There are some people who seem to stay on top of their work, but for the majority, being behind on your work at some point during the semester is par for the course.
Being underwater is usually a figurative term (and one commonly used by vet students to describe the sensation of being overwhelmed-- last year one second year described the work load in block 4 to me as feeling like she was lying on the bottom of a swimming pool staring up), but this spring the whole town has been underwater as we have received 3 times the normal amount of rain, perhaps more. For weeks now the weather forecast has included a dire red box at the top reading "flood warning." Luckily, the place where I live has suffered very little damage other than a large puddle of water at the bottom of the driveway. I don't think there has been much damage overall. My favorite story is how someone saw a blue heron fishing in the Wegman's parking lot. Bizarre!
So here's one of the latest warnings:
Issued by The National Weather Service
Binghamton, NY
Sat, May 7, 2011, 1:06 PM EDT
Local Radar Map
Updated May 7, 2011, 5:55pm EDT
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CAYUGA LAKE AT ITHACA. * AT 11:30 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 384.9 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 385.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * IMPACTS... AT 385 FEET... FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG LOW LYING STREETS AND PARKING LOTS NEAR THE SHORE ON THE SOUTH END OF THE LAKE. THIS INCLUDES MYERS POINT LOCATED IN LANSING INCLUDING THE AREA NEAR LAGODA PARK DRIVE. IN THE TOWN OF ULYSSES ALONG TAUGHANNOCK BOULEVARD IN ADDITION TO FLOODING FROM THE LAKE ITSELF... THE HIGH WATER LEVEL OF THE LAKE WILL LIKELY CAUSE WATER TO BACK UP INTO SIXMILE CREEK. FLOODING IS LIKLEY IN LOW LYING AREAS IN THE SOUTHWEST BUSINESS DISTRICT ALONG ROUTE 13 NEAR WEGMANS AND K MART ALONG WITH TITUS FLATS.
More Information
... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW YORK...
CAYUGA LAKE AT ITHACA AT ITHACA AFFECTING TOMPKINS COUNTY ONONDAGA LAKE AT LIVERPOOL AFFECTING ONONDAGA COUNTY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...
DO NOT DRIVE OVER FLOODED ROADS OR BRIDGES...
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