There shall come soft rains

But that's not the prediction. A hard rain's gonna fall, instead, 1" to 2" from now into tomorrow morning, with the ground frozen and a lot of winter snowpack yet unmelted. Stream and river flooding possible.

We're maybe 100' above the river here, which means we just need to worry about the basement leaks. And, so far, the water has run out the floor drain just as fast as it comes in through the fieldstone walls....

Well, Beowulf and crew made it through the night without killing each other. They're bickering over breakfast now (well, Grendel's Mother went fishing for hers and is listening to Beethoven's 9th instead). Five hundred words accomplished.