the sky opened up and poured

[katekat]

Ok, this is what it means to live outside of California. This morning it was sunny, humid, and there were some fluffy white clouds in the sky. About twenty minutes ago, the fluffy clouds got a little darker, and I could see lightening on the horizon. All that lightening flowed over the city, and then we got crashing thunder on it's heels. We both get excited about thunder and lightening, because we just haven't seen it that often.

And then, the deluge.

Seriously folks. Rain dropped from the sky in bucketfuls. It's loud, it's crashy, and it's now created huge and magnificent puddles in our lawn. And at first, it was warm, too.

And now, 15 minutes later, the sky has exhausted itself, and seems content with making small grumpy thunder noises. And the birds are chirping again.

Comments

[dara-starscream.livejournal.com]

(waves her hand) Pssh, we get that here all the time. Just make sure that when you do the groceries you always-always-*always* roll up your windows. I made that mistake with a monsoon-level downpour once. I don't think I ever got the damn thing completely dry after that. And the ususal caveats about having plenty of candles and flashlights and ice packs in the freezer in case your power blips for more than a day.
-BJ

[katekat]

And the ususal caveats about having plenty of candles and flashlights and ice packs in the freezer in case your power blips for more than a day.

Good idea. Will immediately go make sure I know where all of those things are and that they're working.

[dara-starscream.livejournal.com]

You haven't lived until you've had your power knocked out for over a week, I always say. And bonus points if you have an electric stove. Thank God it wasn't winter or we'd've had a real problem As it was, it was just a pain in yonder butt.
-BJ

[katekat]

Where I grew up we lost power for a couple of days - that's about it. But we were lucky enough to have a wood stove, so even though I did a lot of hauling firewood, we managed the whole eating thing. But yeah, it's still taking some getting used to. I just realized it's probably kind of lame for everyone else to hear me be amazed at the weather, it's just that it's been 7 years since I've actually had it. And the whole thing kind of amazes me.