What Does 6 Inches of Rain in One Day do to a Road?

Look at you with your new digital camera girl! What a great excuse to take pictures and write an article! ... And you know, you are really good at this photography thing. Have you been training with Jessie lately or something?

Can you believe that rain. I would just have stayed home but I had errands that had to be done. Let me just say that walking under an umbrella with a 2 year old and an 8 year old in that deluge was not fun!!!

I've seen that kind of rain and it can do a lot of damage. It's good you didn't try to drive thru the flooded road. Sometimes it's a lot deeper than it looks. Glad evenything is ok today.

Great photos. I've seen this here in Ontario, but not for many years. Thanks for sharing.

I thought about taking some pictures. Several roads around us were flooded over. I heard we got 7 inches! We are officially out of deficit. This is crazy since last year our reservour was down 8 ft near the dam and parts were completely dried up. Now we have a small surplus. Its great ... Everything is massively green. Beautiful. Since this storm hit us so early in the season I am worried about the hurricanes to come.

Bonnie - I am really loving my new camera. I am just a novice with a great camera and a great editing program. I use Paint Shop Pro to edit the pictures to give them the sharpness that most digital cameras lack. It is always cool to see the leaves pop out as it is editing the photo! I will have to give some before/after shots sometime. Jessie is a great photographer - I only hope to become as good as her one day.

Cindy - I was indredibly GLAD to be inside during the rain - it was torrential! I am glad you made it homesafely, although probably not DRY!

Aunt Judy - Yes - this type of rain knows no boundaries - so I am sure many have seen this before. I personally will never bother to try passing through a flooded road - in a car at least.

Mary - you're welcome! I hope you don't see this in your area for many more years to come - it can be dangerous. We had some sink holes where the road completely evaporated! I was not near any of those to take pictures, but I was glad to not have to experience that!

Larry - exactly - sorry you had to learn the hard way! It is just not worth saving 5 minutes of time. I'd rather back track 20 minutes then try it and end up with $700 in car repairs. Or worse, having your car go down river with you in it! I hope others learn from your story. Thanks for sharing. YES - Cars are not boats!

Pam - I bought a bigger purse so I could keep the camera with me at all times. That is how I have gotten these and the turtle pictures. I figure, you never know when a good picture will come to you. I too am glad this fixed our drought situation, but scared about the hurricane season to come. I know you are not looking forward to our move to TN, but I will be glad to be out of the hurricane pathway! May get a lot of snow, but I can handle that!