March 6

Fort Harrington, Fortified.

Early March, 2004, brought the most copious rainstorm we have experienced in our decade here in Creepy Hollow. Ft. Harrington's residence building is downhill from the road, and the county's drainage system was overwhelmed -- water poured down the steps (behind us in this view) and almost -- but not quite -- reached the red front door. Instead, it diverted to the right to a sluiceway, thanks to luck or some clever landscape grading by earlier owners. Just to make sure it kept going that way, we piled up the sandbag barrier seen here, since more strong storms were forecast.

There are only ten more days left in PicShers' one-year run!

Date: March 6, 2004
Location: Ft. Harrington
By: SH