Beautiful day today - as predicted - at least for the time being. Here's the latest water report from JPA President Tom Dente:
Hi Jane,
The last storm dropped about 4 inches of water which has sent the pond level back up and actually a couple of inches higher than it was with the last rain fall. The dam is discharging water at maximum capacity, unfortunately, the ground is so saturated that any rain will run off to Joes Pond in this area. Be careful of wakes and debris. Level should be back to normal in time for the next storm.
Thanks
Tom
P.S. My rain gauge shows about 5 inches rather than the 4 inches I reported before. That makes almost 12 inches in less than a week. Seems like this is the year for remarkable weather, snow in the winter and rain in the summer.

I've heard from a long-time Joe's Ponder this morning suggesting boaters either stay off the pond, go very, very slowly or use only canoes or kayaks because the wake from motorized boats will be very damaging with the water this high. Those of us who have been here many years know this isn't the highest it's ever been, for sure, but docks are covered and there are all sorts of things floating around out there that normally wouldn't be.

Fred was at camp this morning and took some pictures. There was a family of ducks swimming on our lawn. They enjoyed diving for more easily available food, and after their breakfast, settled on a piece of debris that was floating by. Things were fairly quiet at that early hour, but the ladies were busy at Hamilton's tennis court, getting ready for their morning game.

Enjoy the sunshine for as long as it's here today, and secure anything floatable in preparation for more rain this weekend. Let us know if we can help match up lost and found items. With water levels this high, things are bound to move around a bit.

Diane Rossi sent these pictures taken this morning - here's her report:

It's a beautiful morning, so we took a couple of pictures to survey the damages....Rouleau's dock is there, but you just can't see it!

This tree came down around 10 pm from across the street. Washington Electric was sawing it up about 2 am!

I guess it was actually hung up on the power lines so you could drive under it, but none of us seem to have lost power. No damage. I'm really glad the sun is out for now!