Tuesday, July 18, 2023

FINALLY!

 It was two weeks late but our first monsoon storm of the season arrived yesterday afternoon.

As I remarked, it's as if it was making up for lost time.

It rained, blew and hailed for three solid hours, sometimes lightly and at other times torrentially.





If you turn your audio on you can hear it pattering down.

In this later video, where it was raining harder, you can hear the water pouring down from the flooded eavestrough over the front entrance.




After it had finally stopped, Judy checked our rain guage in the tomato barrel and said we'd gotten nearly an inch and a half.

The cooler air felt good for a change although our summer heat hasn't broken for good and the season is only about halfway through.

19 comments:

William Kendall said...

We need some of that.

LL said...

Huge rain to kick off monsoon! Like a river in the streets. Big wide rainbow over Mingus mountains. We got some gusty winds that I'll be cleaning up after in the yard and on the patio today. Our gutters overflowed too, which means up on the ladder to see if there is a blockage. Lots of thunder through the night. Love it!

Steve Reed said...

Doesn't it seem like the world breathes a sigh of relief when it finally rains?

Anvilcloud said...

No doubt, it was quite welcomed.

RedPat said...

All the plants must have rejoiced.

John Going Gently said...

You can almost smell the rain on a hot road

Catalyst said...

Can't have mine! 😎

Catalyst said...

😊

Catalyst said...

Oh, yes. Especially with the high temperatures.

Catalyst said...

VERY welcomed!

Catalyst said...

Was THAT the singing I heard!

Catalyst said...

Yes you can and it smells wonderful.

Tom said...

That's a refreshing break! Nice to see and good for cooling things off over there. tc cambria

Red said...

Why can't things just be even. Rain not too hard nor too little Not too hot! Not too cold! I know. I'm a dreamer.

Margaret said...

Oh, yay! I want some of that, please!

Anonymous said...

We could use some of that! —-Cheerful Monk

River said...

After the heat you've been having I expected to see people out there dancing in the rain.

Yorkshire Pudding said...

That rain will have given special relief to both plant and animal life as those guys have no opportunity to shelter from the heat in air-conditioned residences.

Ellen D. said...

That's so great for your plants! My lawn turned green again after our heavy rains last week. :)