Autumn road work on Shady Brook Drive

The Shady Brook area is scheduled for street sweeping on November 27 sometime between 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The city says "the biggest barrier to an effective street sweeping program is a parked car blocking the path of street sweepers. Please remove parked vehicles from the street during the scheduled street sweeping days."

The "Street Crack Sealing Program" is progressing and Shady Brook Drive is one of the "arterial and collector streets" on the list. You can keep up with that project at the city website.

For questions relating to our streets you can call the Public Works Department at 817-952-2200.

Time to vote!

Early voting runs from Oct. 22 to Nov. 2; Election Day is Nov. 6.

This time we have constitutional amendments. See the League of Women Voters site for information about the pros and cons so you can make your decision.

Rain gauge report 2007

October 15, 2007 -- a real downpour during the day and the rain gauge on the 16th read 3.1"!

Summer -- see a separate report. It was quite a wet year, causing flooding around the 4th of July, problems with plants after the 2006 drought summer -- and three generations of web worms in our neighborhood, one of which is active mid-October.

Jan. 3 -4: we got at least .9" over these two days. I was sick and didn't check until Jan. 11 but I doubt much evaporated.

Bedford Citizen e-News

Take a look at an electronic newspaper now available to help Bedford citizens stay aware of current issues in the city, the Bedford Citizen. It is a volunteer effort, accepts no advertising and publishes input that meets its guidelines, with a goal of publishing a new issue each Monday, Wednesday and Friday -- "subject to volunteer availability and the amount of news to report." It will report facts "except when identified as editorials, letters to the editor or opinion pieces."

"The mission of this electronic newspaper (e-news) is to increase citizen awareness of current events and thereby increase their involvement in our government's decision-making process." You can subscribe and receive issues by email or just read previous issues as they are posted to the website.

Flooding on July 3

Several neighbors experienced flooding during a heavy, brief rainstorm on Tuesday, July 3. At least 2 believe flooding from the creek was involved. One home experienced water coming in between the foundation and brick exterior.

Don't dump wastes into the creek

Today Boy Scout Troop 324 marked our "inlets" -- the openings from the street to the storm sewer system that drains to our creek. Many of you have experienced some level of flooding from the July 2 storm and perhaps before due to our heavy June rains. It is important to keep our Sulphur Branch creek free of debris that can clog the pipes as it flows under Airport Freeway. Also, some of the trash can harm wildlife in the Trinity River system.

Thank you Scouts for giving your time to help our neighborhood when you could have been home reading the last volume of Harry Potter!

June 2007 moves into 2nd place record for rainfall

After 2 drought summers, this June became the second rainiest June on record with 11.10 inches at DFW for the month, and the wettest month since May 1982 (13.66 inches). The wettest June on record is 1928 with 1/2 inch more. The records are based on what is recorded at DFW, so parts of the area probably had more.

The heavy rain of June resulted in flooding on north 820 and at Six Flags in Arlington.

My own rain gauge for the period June 1 - June 29 was 6.4 inches and just for the week of June 30 - July 6 totaled 6 inches.