10:56pm Thunders rumbling

[supercorndogs]

There is a big storm moving in. Hope the white combine in the sky spares my garden. We got destroyed last year. One of our friends got it this year already. We lucked out this year. It was dryer than a popcorn fart until we got a new roof put on the house. I hear it coming down hard now. I better go check it out.

 

[Veer_G]

I feel for you. This has been just about the wettest and windiest summer here since Agnes in '72 . We had near-daily rain throughout most of June, and though it's lessened through July, it seems that every other day there are flash flood warnings. Over where @Alphatreedog lives, it floods pretty badly, as it's a lot flatter and closer to the Delaware.

 

[Rthur]

Had a slow front move through Swillinois.
Dumped over 3.5 inches yesterday.
Crazy cool weather for August.


R

 

[Bender]

We got missed, but east Cheyenne got destroyed by quarter sized hail and two tornado warnings. Highway department called out snow plows to move hail off the roads. Hail smashed through house windows and cars. No good.

 

[mdmp5]

Call me sheltered but I’ve never seen hail bigger than an m&m. Certainly not big enough to do any damage

 

[Alphatreedog]

I feel for you. This has been just about the wettest and windiest summer here since Agnes in '72 . We had near-daily rain throughout most of June, and though it's lessened through July, it seems that every other day there are flash flood warnings. Over where @Alphatreedog lives, it floods pretty badly, as it's a lot flatter and closer to the Delaware.

Were I'm at we generally don't flood . Newportville , Yardley and Morrisville have been good so far . They usually get it pretty easily .

The pedestrian bridge at Tyler State Park across the Neshaminy .

 

[Veer_G]

Were I'm at we generally don't flood . Newportville , Yardley and Morrisville have been good so far . They usually get it pretty easily .View attachment 6927319

The pedestrian bridge at Tyler State Park across the Neshaminy .

Betcha the rifle range at Langhorne looks like a rice paddy.

 

[Alphatreedog]

Holmesburg as well . I got some doctor stuff and blood work today . I'm going to try and squeeze the range in . Priorities .

 

[Maggot]

Around here its been 'rain for a week' 2 days of sun, just enough to get 'almost caught up' then another week of rain then2 days of sun, just enough to get almost caught up, then...

Im beginning to mold.

 

[Veer_G]

Holmesburg as well . I got some doctor stuff and blood work today . I'm going to try and squeeze the range in . Priorities .

The missus just informed me that we got another week of this miserable shit. Oh, I can't wait for the joy of a dry September, because you know, of course, we're gonna drown in October, too.

 

[supercorndogs]

We average about 14 inches a year. We had a super cell split around us two nights ago, it dropped 6 inches of rain with 1 1/2" diameter hail north of us and and 3 inches with quarter sized hail south of us.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

Hours of Thunder (loud!) and Lightning (close!) last night, some, not much, rain; Pearce/Sunsites, SE Cochise County, AZ.

The dogs hid, the cats got very agitated and had a couple of screaming hissy fits in the dark with each other.

We humans opened up with the screen doors and no blinds, turned off the lights and enjoyed the fireworks show. I lost track of time and didn't get to the sack until after midnight. The satellite feed went down, probably due to the storm clouds; that's rare here. I watched DVR'ed stuff between the flashes.

Monsoon season is a hoot, but we've only gotten short, furious downpours (like 1 1/4" in ten minutes...; you live in the desert, you have a rain gauge.) so far this year. Wildfires pop up relatively nearby (Wilcox, Douglas) despite the rain; the lightning starts some of the fires.

When it does rain, we get flash floods. The county roads all have dips to channel runoff. State law, don't enter flowing water; you pay for your own rescue. We've lost a fair amount of pavement up in the Stronghold so far this year. When you consider that over half of the 'highway' miles in AZ are unpaved, this is serious stuff.

Greg

 

[Bender]

This is from last year. Thank the Allmighty only 4 or 5 fell on our house. About 2 miles north of us got destroyed though....

 

[supercorndogs]

Its funny how different things can be reginlay based just on mumitidty.d. Out here if you leave the bread open it dries out, there it molds. It was like learning about a new world going to the humid states when I was little.

This is from last year. Thank the Allmighty only 4 or 5 fell on our house. About 2 miles north of us got destroyed though....

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5 or 6 years ago we got some hail like that out of an almost clear sky. Probably less than 10 landed in my yard. After I heard the first couple I was outside looking for who was throwing rocks. Then I saw a couple more come in, and I ran to let the dog in. One left a dent about and inch deep on the roof of my pickup. Last years weren't near that big, but still managed to break some windows and destroy a lot of plants.

 

[Bender]

That storm here last year left divots in lawns so bad that insurance companies paid to fix them.

 

[supercorndogs]

That storm here last year left divots in lawns so bad that insurance companies paid to fix them.

Seriously? Insurance was paying out for dented steel roofs they, gutters that didn't show damage, I assumed if they paid out enough they could probably get disaster relief pay back from the tax payers or something.