08.03.06
A Whole lotta’ Rain
The sky had been kind of cloudy all day, but it wasn’t until a little after 6 PM that the rain broke through. I was waiting for a bus to go meet one of our interns when I looked across the valley from our house and saw the sheets of rain falling from the sky. I took shelter under an awning and stayed pretty dry until I ran to catch the bus. I was instantly drenched.
By the time I was downtown (about 5-10 minutes) the rain had all but stopped. But entire streets in the low-lying downtown were rivers. I saw muddy water pouring out of an apartment building’s front door (and I have no clue why). Storm drains were backed up and water was shooting up out of the drains. Piazza Roma, a large, open square, was a sheet of water racing downhill.
In 30 minutes, the commotion was over and the sun came out. People came out of their homes to watch the results. We haven’t had any rain for over a month. Thunderstorms are much more rare here than the Midwest USA, so it all kind of made me miss home a little bit.
Ryan Nelson said,
08.04.06 at 8:54 pm
Wow, that sounds pretty amazing. I am fascinated by why water would be pouring out of appartment buildings. That’s just plain crazy.
Stay dry,
Ryan