Wee hours deluge
Around two ayem, some steady kind of roaring sound roused me from sleep; there was a Camelot quality downpour going on, so astounding in its volume that I had to get out of bed to see what was the matter. A forward downspout was in full flow right outside my mother's window, but it hadn't wakened her. Despite the consequences for our house painting project, it was wonderful to hear this sound.
Most of the daylight hours were bent towards clearing skies. The evening was spent in a walk and lovely dinner. The night skies were showing signs of clearing.
Most of the daylight hours were bent towards clearing skies. The evening was spent in a walk and lovely dinner. The night skies were showing signs of clearing.
posted by isabelita at 11:38 AM
3 Comments:
FYI Isa, your rain gave us wind, glorious wind. And I wrangled two fabulous days out on the bay shreding it up.
Blog on sister, blog on all.
It was a beautiful rain, wasn't it? We actually collected a fair amount of water. I've read that we could be in for a dry El Nino winter. That would not be good after this incredible dry spell.
Excellent, 'spike. Where do you launch on the bay?
Robin, I have forgotten; are you collecting it for irrigation purposes only? I'm trying to remember if the winter of 98-99 was an El Nino, because that was one in which we had 99 straight days of measurable precip. I heard Cliff Maas, the UW head of meteorology, say we may have less snow pack, but that precipitation is harder to correlate. We'll find out...
kathyr, again with the El Nino; you might be heading inot a wet winter. Not that it's much help at this time.
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