E-18 Logo-O-Meter

Thanks to this morning's photo input from our Extravaganza Caretaker/Kitchen Guru Extraordinaire "Peanut" Tofanelli (so named because she has yet to crack much more than 5 feet in height!), by looking at our historical, self-named "Log-O-Meter" as shown in the attached pic, each year we have the opportunity to give you a symbolic visual look into just what impact the runoff has on the creeks and rivers of western Montana.

Today's shot above is pre-2018 runoff showing our Headquarters' home river Rock Creek now flowing at a relatively modest 750 cubic feet per second ("cfs") Imagine this flow as the equivalent of a garden hose flowing in your front yard. When the runoff gets fully underway, that hose will blossom into and become a comparative fire hose! By way of example, when the Rock Creek runoff increases to 1,000 cfs (which it should do within the next several weeks), Rock Creek's water level will rise to the bottom of our Log-O-Meter; when it rises to 2,000 cfs the water level will flow over the top of our horizontal log and, thereafter, all that you see in this photo will be literally underwater.

Such is the nature of each year's runoff...

May the Log-O-Meter be with y'all!!

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