Two thunderstorms with heavy rain rolled over us while we tried to sleep this morning. Why oh why does it wait until 3:00 a.m. to turn on the noisy water works? Just as I drifted back to sleep (or at least it seemed like it), the second one went over. It poured. It rumbled. It lit up the sky. It was still raining lightly when I got up. Then I went to look at the radar on the computer and saw a line of storms coming rapidly our way that were red and orange. Not good. I made sure Rick was up and taking his shower so he wouldn’t get stuck in the shower with lightning all around. I shut off the computer and waited. It was as dark as night. It did all of the above things again only with more thunder and lightning than the other two.

The first two storms put down 3/4 of an inch of rain. The third storm by itself put down 1/2 inch of rain in about 20 minutes. That’s a lot of rain folks! We’re going to have to let water out of the pool so the skimmers will work! I am getting used to thunderstorms in the morning hours, something you would never see in Colorado. It’s still raining out there with the occasional clap of thunder and flash of lightning, but it’s still really really dark. I can’t even see out the front windows because the screens are so wet. A very strange start to the day. Thank goodness I mowed the grass yesterday!

Here’s the map after it went over us.

As I’m reading your post, those storms are over the east end of Long Island—it’s pouring, but they’re not as strong as they were at your house. It’s a good day to have the day off!

I love to sleep in a rainstorm, but a thunderstorm is something else again!  Too much water is something I haven’t seen in a looooong time!