October 18, 2006
"Old Dan and I with throats burned dry
And souls that cry for water"
Posted by pete
at October 18, 2006 8:30 PM
It didn't have a name, but last Monday's deluge (which dropped about eight inches of rain in our neighborhood) was a tropical system. In the words of Dr. Steve Lyons, it was the result of
a surge of tropical moisture on the verge of becoming a tropical depression (if it were not for shear) rushed north into east Texas and Louisiana as it interacted with an approaching upper-level trough and surface frontal boundary and slid east into Mississippi.
He could've added "and dropped an assload of H2O," but that wouldn't be very professional.
It would've been accurate though, as shown in these front yard photos of Casa Vonder Haar. The first shows the neighbor's driveway and the culvert that runs down our street.
Here's the culvert as it runs in front of our house. During Allison, water was up to those trees in the foreground, so most "rain events" like this don't freak me out like they probably would have if we hadn't experienced 18 inches of rain two weeks after moving into our house.
Finally, Chauncey the Lawn Gnome is not amused.
More rain tonight. Sorry Chauncey.
Was hoping you were bearing up okay.
You know, we got over a 1/4" over the weekend here in San Diego, so I'm right there with you. Scary stuff. Nature is truly awesome in her power.