Summer Storm
This is the rainiest summer I can remember having in a long time. It seems like we get a rain storm or three or four passing through here every week. They don't usually last very long, but they can be strong.
For example:
Today started out hot. It was about 95 degrees or so around noon today. About 1:00 this afternoon, I was driving home from a visiting teaching appointment, and noticed that there were some very dark clouds in the sky. A couple droplets landed on the windshield, and steadily increased until I got home, at which point it was a strong sprinkle. Two minutes after I got inside, it was pouring down and one of the boys asked if it was hailing. I don't think it was, not today anyway. There were, however, loud booms of thunder.
About half an hour later I noticed rain pouring out of the gutters and drain spouts. A lake began to form on our front walk way as well as in the lawn in front of the front door. (Josh and Peter were strongly tempted to go out and splash in the lake, but since they were waiting to be picked up for a play date at 2:00, I convinced them not to.)
Around 2:00, the cloud cover moved on. Blue skies showed, and the puddles began to evaporate in clouds of steam. The shower was over.
The storms help to cool things down a little, when they don't just make everything feel humid. One nice thing is that our grass is really green!
(The first three pictures were taken around 1:45pm. The last was 2:05pm. That's how long it took to blow over.)
For example:
Today started out hot. It was about 95 degrees or so around noon today. About 1:00 this afternoon, I was driving home from a visiting teaching appointment, and noticed that there were some very dark clouds in the sky. A couple droplets landed on the windshield, and steadily increased until I got home, at which point it was a strong sprinkle. Two minutes after I got inside, it was pouring down and one of the boys asked if it was hailing. I don't think it was, not today anyway. There were, however, loud booms of thunder.
About half an hour later I noticed rain pouring out of the gutters and drain spouts. A lake began to form on our front walk way as well as in the lawn in front of the front door. (Josh and Peter were strongly tempted to go out and splash in the lake, but since they were waiting to be picked up for a play date at 2:00, I convinced them not to.)
Around 2:00, the cloud cover moved on. Blue skies showed, and the puddles began to evaporate in clouds of steam. The shower was over.
The storms help to cool things down a little, when they don't just make everything feel humid. One nice thing is that our grass is really green!
(The first three pictures were taken around 1:45pm. The last was 2:05pm. That's how long it took to blow over.)
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