I know it rained a lot last night, we got 1 1/2 inches at out house. This brought our season total at out house to 3 inches of rain. I know it is monsoon season here in the desert southwest, but I have a hard time calling it a monsoon rain. From my earliest memories as a kid the rains would come in the afternoon, drop a lot of water and would be finished by dinner time. It left the evening a little cooler. Lately the summer rains come at all hours of the day or night. That might be because the National Weather Service decided in all its wisdom the the monsoon season had to have a beginning/ ending calendar day that was the same each year When Mother Nature was in charge we would look at the dew point level. It took 3 days of the dew point above 50% which meant it was time for summer rains. Easy peasy.
Last nights storm hit right at bedtime for us. The thunder and lightning were loud and shook the house. The wind was blowing the rain every which way. The rain was loud and plentiful. The storm did not calm down until the wee hours of the morning. So we got very little sleep. And of course the roof decided to leak and drip water into the bathtub The roofer has been called
So today was a tired hand and body day for me. No much got done. I am hoping for sleep tonight.
