Two unusual things happened yesterday.
1. We had a helluva rain/electrical storm, hopefully the end to the awful heat we’ve been experiencing.
2. The Unrewarding Pets (feral cats in the back yard) were unusually cute.
Here are photos of these events. All the rain pics are from our front door.
Amazing. I love the heavy rain, especially when there’s a good amount of thunder and lightning accompanying it. Have several photos in my Mac of my street and backyard in the rain.
Did that damn water truck overfill your tank, AGAIN?!?
Beryl you look so butch on your motorbike!
Clean those dusty streets, chac mool!
OMG! And your motorcycle could still run in that deep water!
Nice shots Beryl.
In “the good old days” before the city dug “los pozos recolectores” the streets flooded like this EVERY time it rained. I used to keep a pair of rubber flip-flops in the car so that when I had to get out, I could walk through sometimes, knee deep water.
And the poor car… Like everyone else, I drove a VW bug and the brakes would fail after driving through the first big puddle… NOT cool!
Have you ever noticed how some of the older homes in Centro have a high cement lip you have to step over to get through the doorway? These were built to keep the water from slushing into the living room.
9 cms. of water fell yesterday… ¡Enhorabuena!
Joanna
Interesting…..floods everywhere!!
If I ever get around to starting an all-girl band we will, without a doubt, be The Unrewarding Pets. All credit to B. Gorbman.
Ah but don’t the gardens smell so good after a good rain . Even the birds sing with joy . I have to tell you I have an amazing show every afternoon around 4 pm with the golondrinas skimming my pool. Last year there were around 20 this year it has increased to around 30 .Yesterday an oriole was doing his damnest to get a look in but the golondrinas didntgive him much of a chance.. Maybe next time.
Reminds me of the torrential rains that pound Los Angeles every so often. The kind where the ground cannot absorb any more water and entire hills slide away with homes and humans!
After no fewer than 5, but probably more, different “experts” sold their services to build up my front step, encircle the door in metal, attach rubber flaps (why flaps?) all assuring me , my casa would be dry as the desert. As this rain continued, I stuffednews papers all around the door jam as well. Still, I had about 5 inches of water in the foyer, lowering to 4 inches in the living room and then pooling into 6 inches in the Dining Room …and that’s just for starters.
Can’t someone get entrepreneurial and give water sopping-up lessons or flood-shoveling classes?
I found a wet-dry vac someone left behind but have no idea how to use it. Teach me and I’ll wet vac your place next time it rains. Hmmm…depends on extent of our flooding, both yours and mine. But I’ll help.
And floods in the Czech republic, too!
Culminating on Tuesday… When was YOUR rain?
Strange that nobody comments on the feral cats. They look so calmed, happy and contented. Just like me after a storm..
A lady who knows me well commented on my “emotional” life (euphemism for, well, you known..) as a storm where it keeps lightning long after the thunders are over..
I am bent on proving her wrong; I do hear the deafening thunders accompanying the lightnings..
Regards
Mario
So Mario, what is it you’re trying to tell us?
b
Hi, when I was little almost all the city flooded, this now is almost nothing, climate has changed a lot in 40 years!!
And the feral cats seems to be very calm enjoying the garden, maybe they just need to know you a little bit more to accept you, at least the already accept and like the garden