Coming Down in Buckets!
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21745)
Canada
May 1, 2017 3:09pm CST
We have had a lot of rain in the last couple of weeks.
This afternoon I had to pick my granddaughter Sandra up after school. Never mind we were under a severe thunderstorm watch.
The rain was coming down in buckets, the lightning was flashing and the thunder was crashing. All the kindergarteners were behind their teacher to be collected by parents, grandparents or going home on the schoolbus.
Some careful planning went into this pickup. We made sure Sandra could get in on the passenger side and that I could access the seat belt from the front seat.
We arrived home without getting too wet and the rain let up for the minute it took us to get ourselves into the house.
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@Happy2BeMe (99386)
• Canada
1 May 17
Wow it looks nasty. Glad it let up for a minute so you could get inside.
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@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
1 May 17
We have water everywhere. The septic bed is flooded out again. This means I'll be very careful with my water usage (a good excuse to leave the dishes
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@Happy2BeMe (99386)
• Canada
1 May 17
@Morleyhunt lol yes for sure...
Hope it stops raining soon.
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@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
As I sat in my van preparing to drive...I thought....this is the picture I've been wanting to take....but when I'm driving I can't.
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@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
2 May 17
@Morleyhunt No kidding! Driving is hard enough in that kind of weather when all of your attention is focused on the driving! I remember being in my car in that kind of weather one day and pulling over, shutting off the car and just sitting there for a while, listening to the rain. It was a very relaxing time and when the rain began to let up, I started up the car and continued to my destination. It's a very cool memory!
@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
3 May 17
@Morleyhunt Life is different when a baby is involved! Makes total sense to me!
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
2 May 17
Its a really good photo.
So glad that you both got home safe without getting too wet.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
3 May 17
@Morleyhunt
Sometimes I take a photo but it does not do the actual scene much justice.
@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
Thank you. It's always hard to predict if the photo will show what it is you want it to show. This time it did so.
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@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
3 May 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 so true. Most of the photos I take are disappointing. Every now and again I have photo that does an excellent job of showing what I intended to show.
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@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
Right now I'm trying to decide if I can risk walking to the library 7.5 kilometres. Then I probably also need to walk home. The forecast is calling for rain until 8PM. Maybe I will try for a short walk now and another short one right after lunch if it's not raining. It's too cold to allow myself to be out in the rain for a long time.
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@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
@DianneN I went for a quick 2.5 K. It was starting to rain again as I approached the house. I'll try for another walk after lunch.
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@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
@JudyEv yes and no. It's pretty flat, but we are higher than the Humberstone marsh which will hold a lot of water.
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@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
And it came down like that for almost two hours...5 cm (2 inches)....water, water everywhere. The fields are flooded......the storm drains can't handle the runoff, and the Great Lakes are much higher than normal,
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@JudyEv (326823)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 May 17
@Morleyhunt That's a lot of water in such a short time. Drains can really struggle to cope with so much water in such a short time. I think you're up high aren't you?
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 May 17
we wish for some rain here because it is so hot. the thunderstorms do not bring rain though.
@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
3 May 17
@ridingbet we had no more thunderstorms , but we did experience some crazy wind and rain.
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@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
It is considered early in the year for thunderstorms, but we have had several already. This one had a lot of flash and bang as well as a lot of rain.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
3 May 17
@Morleyhunt i have washed our laundry this morning and it was so hot; right now though, it is turning gloomy with the grey clouds above, so i told my son to collect the clothes hung to be sun-dried.
for sure, there will be thunderstorms later.
@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
3 May 17
I am so glad you all made it home safely and without getting too wet. I hate driving in that type of weather.
@much2say (53941)
• Los Angeles, California
1 May 17
I'm actually envious! We had a good amount of rain this winter (we needed it as we were in a drought) and now with the warm days I miss that! Our school streets get flooded when it rains really hard . . . we have to strategize the drop off and pick up too!
@much2say (53941)
• Los Angeles, California
2 May 17
@Morleyhunt I wish we could trade weathers for a while! The grass definitely needed cutting at the time here . . . but everyone loved the green we got back . . . so many people left their yards as is until it was all over. But we could see a lot of weeds took over as well. I hope your grass didn't drown!!
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@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
1 May 17
My husband is getting so tired of the rain. The grass needs cutting, but it's too wet to get the mower onto the grass. This morning he suggests....maybe the grass will drown.
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@Juliaacv (48717)
• Canada
1 May 17
@Morleyhunt She's showing you she's growing up Gramma, or maybe she was a little intimidated by the thunder and lightening-I know I would be!
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@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
1 May 17
The trick was getting her into the van quickly. Usually she gets in on the passenger side, and I buckle her in....then I walk around and get in....
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@LadyDuck (460568)
• Switzerland
2 May 17
@Morleyhunt We have exactly the same forecast, only Sunday here seems to be a little better, but they usually cheat for Sunday, because they expect tourists to come.
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@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
Our rain seems to be ongoing. Today more rain. Wednesday is rain free at the moment, but it seems to come and go in the forecast.
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@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
I've been wanting to take a photo like that. I used my smartphone to snap the photo. The image does give you a good idea of just how quickly the rain was coming down.
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@Marilynda1225 (80212)
• United States
1 May 17
All that rain must make you feel waterlogged. We've had some rainy days but nothing like what you're getting. Glad you were able to get Sandra home safe and dry
@Marilynda1225 (80212)
• United States
2 May 17
@Morleyhunt that sounds horrible with all that water and nowhere for it to go. I hope you get some sunny weather soon so that water can go back to normal levels. Having a flooded septic must cause a whole other set of problems
@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
@Marilynda1225 that's when we want to post the sign....if it's yellow, let it mellow, if it's brown, flush it down. An hour without rain and it subsides enough for one or two flushes. Mist of the time we are just the two of us. We manage
@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
It is so wet.... I everything is waterlogged.my septic bed is flooded out again....the water has no place to go. Lake Ontario is about two feet above normal. I've noticed Lake Erie seems to be high as well.
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@Morethanamom (1948)
• Canada
3 May 17
I got wet enough picking up the girls that I needed to change when I got home. That was with the cover of an umbrella.
@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
3 May 17
Looking at the wind, I decided the umbrella would be useless. Timing was everything.
@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
The ditch behind our house looks more like a slow moving river
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@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
@chrissbergstrom we have more water standing around than I've ever seen. To actually flood would take a lot, although the water levels in the Great Lakes are considerably higher than normal. This after a couple of years in decline.
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
2 May 17
@Morleyhunt oh wow yes that sounds bad, has it ever flooded there?
@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
I knew I was picking her up at school. When I stopped at the library the sky opened up. They also to,d me that the worst weather was expected to be right around the time my granddaughters school let out. I was early enough to have my choice of parking spots and then it was just a matter of rearranging what was in the van so I gpcould get from front to back with ease.
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@allknowing (130292)
• India
2 May 17
No matter what the situation there are a few activities that we need to do and glad that you were able to succesfully.
@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
Imagine leaving a four year old, out in a thunderstorm, waiting for Grandma.....no, I don't even want to think about it.
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@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
It came down hard...for almost two hours. We received close to two inches of rain in that time. More rain is on the way.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58456)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 May 17
Glad you guys both made it home safely and mostly dry! We were supposed to get a downpour, but we didn't. It rained off and on for about an hour this morning, but it's sunny now.
@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
We are supposed to hav a mix of sun and cloud on Wednesday. Now they have added rain to Wednesday's forecast as well.
@dramagirl26 (3259)
• Ringgold, Virginia
1 May 17
It does look like you've got a lot of rain. Glad to hear you were able to pick up your granddaughter without any trouble.
@tattoomama (106)
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2 May 17
It was raining extremely hard last night with thunder & lightening! I hated having to pick up my kids from the school when they went to public school! Everyone was miserable when the weather was bad! Now we home school so we don't have to worry about all of that!
@Morleyhunt (21745)
• Canada
2 May 17
Most of the children are bussed to this school. There were a lot of parents and grandparents at the school collecting their children. Everyone was polite and considerate. Even the passing cars gave the adults and children the right of way. Less time standing in the rain.
