Gullywhomper!
Apr. 18th, 2015 08:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpWe barely missed getting hit by a rather extensive front of thunderstorms a couple of nights ago, but last night, an even bigger front passed through, and our neck of the woods was thoroughly soaked.
Soaked, and then some. At one point, I was took a glance out the window at the street and was surprised to see that the water had risen to the level of the top of the curb! A closer look showed that water was actually being pushed up out of the holes in the manhole cover embedded in the drain in front of our house. As I understood the situation, the areas "upstream" of us in the storm drain system were putting so much runoff into the system that it was not only completely full, but was trying to overflow into areas such as ours.
Thunder was intermittent, but the lightning was almost continuous, as if a bunch of airborne paparazzi had gone nuts and decided to give our street the full-up celebrity treatment—flash-pop-pop-flash-flash-pop, and so on, without letup.
Fortunately, the way houses are set up in our development (and most developments around here), the water still would have to rise by about a foot or so before it started lapping at our slab. And the rain moved on way before that happened.
There were a few rumbles in the sky today, and a few sprinkles, but nothing serious.
Cheers...
Soaked, and then some. At one point, I was took a glance out the window at the street and was surprised to see that the water had risen to the level of the top of the curb! A closer look showed that water was actually being pushed up out of the holes in the manhole cover embedded in the drain in front of our house. As I understood the situation, the areas "upstream" of us in the storm drain system were putting so much runoff into the system that it was not only completely full, but was trying to overflow into areas such as ours.
Thunder was intermittent, but the lightning was almost continuous, as if a bunch of airborne paparazzi had gone nuts and decided to give our street the full-up celebrity treatment—flash-pop-pop-flash-flash-pop, and so on, without letup.
Fortunately, the way houses are set up in our development (and most developments around here), the water still would have to rise by about a foot or so before it started lapping at our slab. And the rain moved on way before that happened.
There were a few rumbles in the sky today, and a few sprinkles, but nothing serious.
Cheers...
