Update 12:45PM: 14 inches on back porch.
It is still coming down pretty heavily at 10:20 AM.

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At first glance this morning it seemed as if the water that leaked out from the pool had surfaced in the dry well at the bottom of the old driveway. But no, it was just a leak in the line from the well to the house.
Keep checking for new pics as the dig progresses.

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Well (hah) they found the leak and installed a new section of hose. Backfilling will complete tomorrow. We have full water pressure again.

Well looks like my plan B is the one that will win out. I had been checking the water level by looking in the skimmers but it turns out that once the water gets below the skimmer on the outside, there is still water in the skimmer since I have the drain plugged.
The water is down to the level of the bottom of the shallow end. This probably means that the leak (s) are on the ledge around the deep end.

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It has been a long time comng but after 2 years of watching news reports after days of heavy rain followed by high winds followed by big trees falling on houses and cars and people, the huge trees between us and the Claytons came down. The Claytons were so inspired they are taking down the remaining ones that were on their property in the next week.
These were 80-100 ft pines. The crane and the bucket truck and the chipper were awesome as were the workers. I did catch most of the more memorable moments on video.