Hey Larry I will see your 12" ( that is er, of rain that you mention ) and raise it to 16 in 24 hours in New Windsor NY ( 20 minute drive ). One more point the original name for Wallkill ( where I live ) was called the Basin what do that tell ya, all this water is now flowing north ( yup north ) to the the Hudson in Kingston. Kingston used to be the capital of New York but they moved it further up the river to Albany after the redcoats burned it down during the revolution. I snapped a couple of pics of one section of the back yard luckily the yard is much bigger and this section is below the house. I love when the ducks come in. I love to watch them frolic ( and they are tasty ). While out I checked on one of the buildings which was leaking for the first time in 30 years ( I guess it was due.). So since I had the camera I took a couple of shots of one of my more modern pieces of cutlery equiptment. OK Smokey lets see ya beat this one. LT