This morning I got up around 10 AM, and it was as dark as night for several hours. I mean REALLY as dark as night, not just an expression - - the street lights were on, and it was, well, dark! We had a severe thunderstorm watch and tornado watch, and the wind was getting gusty. Our cell phones blatted a rude automated dangerous weather warning at us.
Anyway, so far we have had 8" of rain today. EIGHT inches? That's a lot of rain, even for south Louisiana. It has just been beating down on our neighborhood as though we were standing under a waterfall. We decided to stay home instead of going out to lunch as we usually do. Luckily, our block has never flooded and the house is dry. I didn't look at the street, though; probably some water there I would think.
What a nice day to be retired.