It actually rained
Jul. 19th, 2012 07:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoSomewhat more than an inch of accumulation in fact, complete with lots of pyrotechnics but (thankfully) no hail or high winds. The power kept bouncing off and back on so we shut down the computers, hence no post yesterday evening. Eventually it went down for about a three hour count, but only after I'd already reset all the digital clocks twice thinking each time that the power issues were over. The long failure came hours after the wind, rain, and lightning were ended. Nice work, Comm Ed. ;p
Dentist appointment this morning, did not go in to work. My dentist is in Park Ridge, quite near to Gary's Mom's house, so he dropped me for my appointment and afterwards I met both of them at a nearby restaurant for lunch and then we took her shopping. It was pretty steamy in the city, not as warm as earlier in the week but the humidity was way up there after the rain. When we got home, though, the temperature was dropping into the 70s and a breeze was picking up out of the northwest. It's pleasantly cooler and drier at the moment, though I guess it will start creeping back upward right away.
The young owls were back at the bird baths last night before the storm hit. They vanished, of course, when the thunder and lightning began.
Not enough rain to save the corn crop, it's too late and too little. It may help save the soybeans, though, and should restart the hay that we are going to need before winter. Next chance of an encore is apparently Sunday. A similar rainfall then would be really helpful.
Dentist appointment this morning, did not go in to work. My dentist is in Park Ridge, quite near to Gary's Mom's house, so he dropped me for my appointment and afterwards I met both of them at a nearby restaurant for lunch and then we took her shopping. It was pretty steamy in the city, not as warm as earlier in the week but the humidity was way up there after the rain. When we got home, though, the temperature was dropping into the 70s and a breeze was picking up out of the northwest. It's pleasantly cooler and drier at the moment, though I guess it will start creeping back upward right away.
The young owls were back at the bird baths last night before the storm hit. They vanished, of course, when the thunder and lightning began.
Not enough rain to save the corn crop, it's too late and too little. It may help save the soybeans, though, and should restart the hay that we are going to need before winter. Next chance of an encore is apparently Sunday. A similar rainfall then would be really helpful.
