Those Crazy Things When You Travel (Part 2) / myLot

Rapid water rise after a quick storm in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Photos taken by and the property of FourWalls.

United States

May 5, 2025 10:16pm CST

Most of you know I’m a weather geek. If you wonder why, please admire these photos. While I was on my trip last week I stopped at the Jonesborough/Washington County History Museum to see some of the stories of the capital of a lost state/country in America. While I was in the museum I heard noise, like the air conditioner was ramping up. No. It was rain. The rain went from zero to sixty in a heartbeat. You can’t see how quickly the water rose in the street and the grass. That’s why I have a weather radio in my car, and why I have five different weather apps on my phone. You never know when something is going to happen with the weather! And you can see why they call it flash flooding! Photos are behind the museum (left) and of the street (right), after about 20 minutes of hard rain.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (56298)

• Canada

6 May 25

No weather geek would be without their trusty water wings or at least a pair of rubber boots, do you tote those in the car also?

But seriously, nature never really bores us that is for sure.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86757)

• United States

6 May 25

I keep an inflatable kayak for instances like this.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (56298)

• Canada

6 May 25

@FourWalls

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@DaddyEvil (174528)

• United States

6 May 25

Did you run out and skinny dip in the street?

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86757)

• United States

6 May 25

I don’t want to be responsible for people puking their guts out!

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@DaddyEvil (174528)

• United States

6 May 25

@FourWalls

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502565)

• Italy

6 May 25

Oh goodness they have a sewer problem for sure in that place. I also check the weather all the time before deciding what to do.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86757)

• United States

6 May 25

They probably don’t have a drainage problem under “normal conditions.” That rainfall wasn’t “normal.”

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502565)

• Italy

6 May 25

@FourWalls - Too much rain can cause a drainage problem.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135819)

• Marion, Ohio

6 May 25

We have been getting those kind of rains

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86757)

• United States

6 May 25

They aren’t fun in a strange place, because you don’t know where the flood areas are.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135819)

• Marion, Ohio

7 May 25

@FourWalls No they are not.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 May 25

Vince would be going on and on about the (lack of) drainage there!

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86757)

• United States

6 May 25

There was a parking lot for one place that had drainage pipes in them. Bet that was under water after the storm.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222534)

• United States

7 May 25

I'm a weather geek too as you know. I check the DISH weather app about 10 times a day. It has current radar and a 7-day forecast.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86757)

• United States

7 May 25

I’ve finished lunch, but I’m still sitting here, watching the weather vlogs from James Spann and Brian Goode. Goode is my local weather guy.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222534)

• United States

8 May 25

@FourWalls I always look at the days that are around 70 with no rain. I know that my housekeeper won't want to come because she likes sitting outside.

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