Severe Weather (Updated)

The weather report on the news last night warned us to be prepared for a severe storm today. They said that even though it will look and feel nice in the morning, don't be fooled, and send the kiddos to school with rain gear. By the time they are coming home, they'll be glad for an umbrella. Although I have to say an umbrella would have been useless once the storm finally hit! In my experience, umbrellas don't protect you from horizontal rain. Rush Limbaugh was interrupted with an emergency broadcast about the severe weather warning while I was on my way to pick Nicco up from school.

We watched and waited all day as the clouds built up slowly. Around 4:30, they stopped building and started rolling. I love that. I've had my windows open all day letting the breeze and fresh air in--it's the first time I've been able to open my windows since about May. When the storm hit, I forgot about my open bedroom window and now I have a soaked floor and wet wall. I also have a puddle in my breakfast nook.

Here are my roof waterfalls and street waves. I'm disappointed that the camera didn't quite capture the waves rolling across the street. Now that the thunder and lightning have stopped, I kind of want to take Nicco out to splash in the puddles!

UPDATE:

After the thunder and lightning stopped, we had two brilliant rainbows, "one in the mountain and one coming right out of the top!" After the second rainbow faded with the setting sun, the clouds rolled back in and the thunder cracked, and the skies emptied again. I never took Nicco outside to play in the puddles, so he played in the house puddle instead. The bad thing about the storm is that the pool temperature dropped to 74 degrees. {{Brrrrrr}}