Nothing to see here. Just half a foot of rain in a few hours on already saturated ground.....remnants of a hurricane that made landfall in the Northeast. Flooding everywhere. Cars floating. Roads washed away. Boulders cascading down mountains. Impromptu geysers created from overwhelmed storm drains. An entire valley holding silent vigils, praying over their churning sump pumps. It was bad. It could always have been worse. It also took most of us by surprise, since local forecasts got it staggeringly wrong.....calling for less than half of what we eventually got. It was a long, dark night. Just when you thought it was over......another torrent arrived. I'm not sure when I finally drifted off......but I know it was to the sound of a deluge doing its best to find a way inside. I kept checking the weather app. Hour after hour it kept saying "rain...100%". It can't rain forever, can it?
Henri and Agnes and Uncle Walter
Henri and Agnes and Uncle Walter
Henri and Agnes and Uncle Walter
Nothing to see here. Just half a foot of rain in a few hours on already saturated ground.....remnants of a hurricane that made landfall in the Northeast. Flooding everywhere. Cars floating. Roads washed away. Boulders cascading down mountains. Impromptu geysers created from overwhelmed storm drains. An entire valley holding silent vigils, praying over their churning sump pumps. It was bad. It could always have been worse. It also took most of us by surprise, since local forecasts got it staggeringly wrong.....calling for less than half of what we eventually got. It was a long, dark night. Just when you thought it was over......another torrent arrived. I'm not sure when I finally drifted off......but I know it was to the sound of a deluge doing its best to find a way inside. I kept checking the weather app. Hour after hour it kept saying "rain...100%". It can't rain forever, can it?