It's raining, it's pouring

[dreamshark]

Biked around Harriet, stopped for breakfast at the Bandshell, then hightailed it for the Roberts Bird Sanctuary shelter when I saw THIS blowing in. What fun, watching the storm from under a roof with a little flash crowd of instant friends!


It may not be clear from the photo just how hard the rain was coming down, but these two pictures were taken 5 minutes apart, and look how far the rising waters have crept into the shelter. Fortunately it started to subside shortly after that, and the water started draining again. I still had to push my bike through a puddle to get back on the road, but at least the benches didn't float away.

Comments

[quadong]

Sounds lovely!

[lydamorehouse]

We sure needed that rain, though. Sorry you were caught out in it!

[dreamshark]

Did I sound like I was complaining? It was great! Much like the last time we had a heavy rain (like, a month ago?) I was struck by how much people seem to enjoy sudden hard rain squalls, at least when they get to watch them from a sheltered location. Besides the drama, I think it's the same euphoric effect you get from sitting by running water. Something about negative ions in the air, I believe.

[pameladean]

Oh, that's amazing. I was asleep when the storm started but I did get up to stare out of the window at it for a while.

P.