Southerners...are y'all as sick of the afternoon thunderstorms as I am?

[Maddy McCall]

A month ago, when my garden was dying, I would have given anything for afternoon showers.

For the past three weeks, we've not had a single afternoon without heavy thunderstorms. I hate being penned inside when there's so much I want to do outside.

Are you guys getting as much rain as we are?

[GOPisEvil]

1. It's been raining almost non-stop here for 6 weeks.

So, to answer your question, hell yes I'm sick of the rain. August is coming, there will be plenty of sun then, I'm sure.

[Maddy McCall]

3. I just want to cry.

I got the fishing gear out this afternoon, was going to take MMjr. fishing at the state park.

Then I heard a rumble. Shit! Now stuck inside until nearly dark.

Can't swim in the pool, can't camp out, can't do a darned thing I had planned for the summer.

:cry:

[GOPisEvil]

5. I need to mow my back yard. Bad.

I got the front done before it started raining on Saturday. I was going to take care of the back today. Bzzzt! Thunderstorms earlier today. x(

Madrone has good timing. Her visit here was during the one nice week we had in June. :D

[Maddy McCall]

6. We went on vacation to Gatlinburg...

during late June. It rained in Gatlinburg EVERY afternoon we were there. We learned to time our activities around the afternoon storms.

Then we got home. And we've been stuck inside ever since.

My yard? We don't have a yard, so to speak, because we're in a forrest--but the weeds! Oh, it's a nightmare. Since Katrina took down the big hickories aroumd the cabin and sunlight's been able to get in, we've had an onslaught of "pig weed" around the cabin. I'm going to have to rent one of those walk-behind bushhogs to clear the area around the cabin...I don't really have a choice...the weeds are four feet high and an excellent place for water moccasins to hide when they come out of the creek. :grr:

[GOPisEvil]

14. The birds always love when I cut the grass.

Makes the crawlers easier to see. :D

Water moccasins? You can KEEP those things. :scared:

[Sequoia]

30. Gasp....! Water moccasins....man, I sure try to avoid those

and Copper Heads too. Well, when I lived in the south I did. Those snakes can glide over the water...and they're not cute like the green cute ones.

[Midlodemocrat]

35. I was on a conference call today with someone in my company

who is working in Austin. Says the weather has been horrendous.

We could use a little rain up here actually. My front lawn is looking pretty sorry and I'm not big on watering it. No matter what you do here, it'll die eventually in the summer.

:hi:

[ceile]

2. Oh, lord, yes!

I feel like I haven't seen the sun for more than a day in months!

[Maddy McCall]

4. We get just a little morning sun...

and then the sky goes gray, and boom-sizzle--the thunder and lightning starts.

:(

[ulysses]

7. here it comes now,

right on cue.

[Maddy McCall]

9. Yeah, just about the same time every afternoon.

Hi, uly. :hi:

My schnauzer hates thunder, so she's sitting in my lap, trembling right now. She does this EVERY afternoon.

:rofl:

[ulysses]

10. I don't mind it too much. yet.

We've been dry as an old bone for so long, it's nice to not have to mow my dirt for a change. :hi:

[Maddy McCall]

12. We have sandy soil around the cabin...

the canopy of trees that we had until Katrina prevented grass from growing on the forest floor where our cabin sits...

But Katrina took out several of those trees, and now the weeds are running amok and I can't find time to mow them between the storms.

:(

Glad to know that someone else has a dirt lawn. :D

Bad thing is, tracking in that stuff--can't keep the floors clean, and I abhor grit on the floor.

[fudge stripe cookays]

42. Yep, Fargo too.

Our carpet is completely destroyed.

We'll have to wait until I'm employed again to replace it.

[supernova]

8. Yes, it's cloudy here

:P

Looking at the map, there's a band of thunderstorms in Burlington now. Should be here in another 1/2 or so. Right on cue.

[Maddy McCall]

11. You're a leeetle north of the Mason-Dixon...

but if you want to commiserate about the shitty weather, join right in.

:hi:

[supernova]

13. Study Geography much, Maddy?

The Mason-Dixon line is between Maryland and Pennsylvania. I'm WAY SOUTH of there in North Carolina: God's Country.

[Maddy McCall]

17. What was I thinking?

Dang. Sorry about that.

I don't know why Burlington, VT slipped into my mind.

Forgive me???

:(

[supernova]

20. LOL! Youre forgiven

:hug:

I know sometimes people have joked about NC being the "North Annex" if it's any consolation. :-)

[Sequoia]

33. Maybe she meant the Continential Divide?

I remember it being over there 'cause I grew up in the mountains and I sure miss it this time of year. Miss those lightning bugs for sure.

[texanwitch]

15. We had a few days without rain.

It is raining now.

Maybe we will have a early fall.

The clouds are keeping the temps down.

[Maddy McCall]

18. Yes--at least we're not having to...

run the ACs constantly. I keep mine set on about 75, and it's pleasant inside.

[texanwitch]

21. I walked to the bank around 1 PM wasn't even hot.

The afternoon showers has made it cooler working on the soon to be upstairs room.

The house was built in 1930 and it only took 77 years to finish the room.

Just wish the people who need the rain could get some.

[Sequoia]

16. Send some our way....the water cops are in the neighborhood.

$500 fines if you don't fix leaks, water cut off next time. Northern Cal and we're supposed to have water all the time, but no more.

[Maddy McCall]

19. That's terrible.

How do they police y'all for that? Do they enter your homes?

[Sequoia]

28. 'Water cops' tag homes, threatening $500 fines

A woman at the house, who was retrieving her soggy newspaper, said they already had reduced the irrigation run time to eight minutes from 10 and still were trying to figure out their new controller. "We've been trying to key it in and not get overspray," said the woman, who declined to give her name. "The controller is new for me; our gardener knows how to run it."

It was one of four houses Muelrath tagged within an hour during his morning patrol. In each case, sprinklers were running and water was flowing freely over sidewalks. He made a note to alert his staff to check three other houses and a business that had water covering the sidewalk.

They will be given 30 days to fix the problems or will face the possibility of $500 a day in fines -- or even have water turned off.
It is all part of the city's stepped-up water conservation program that includes patrols by Muelrath and three full-time "water cops" during the day and at night. They look for homes and businesses where there is overwatering or signs of broken irrigation or plumbing systems.

The city has also set up a hot line, 543-3985, for water waste reports.

http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/article/20070717/NEWS/707170323/1033/NEWS01

[BreweryYardRat]

22. We just got the first thunderstorm of the season here in Southwest Florida.

Two hours worth of solid storm yesterday.

And boy, did we need it.

[Maddy McCall]

26. I'm glad y'all got that.

Hope y'all get plenty, for your gardens and yards.

:)

[patricia92243]

23. We get the thunder, but not the storm. We desperately need the rain, but it blows right over us,

Here in NC.

[Maddy McCall]

27. If I could ship up our clouds and send them to you,

I would.

:)

[outofbounds]

24. I'm not

going to complain about rain right now. We were on fire for 8+weeks 40 miles up the road. Yep we need it.

The good thing is the rains usually pass pretty quickly and you can get back to what you were doing. Like cutting the yard every 4 days. Maybe I will complain, a little.

[Maddy McCall]

29. We've not had a burn-ban at all this spring and summer.

We were really dry up until July. I know that we were lucky.

The storms here set in for all afternoon...so once they come, it's pretty much shot until evening. WE've done a lot of swimming at night, but hardly any during the day this summer.

But yeah, the mowing. I sympathize with you on that.

:)

[NMDemDist2]

25. here in the 'desert' we've had rain 5 out of 7 days for weeks! Since April at least

the weeds are outa control, the desert is green as far as you can see and all the lakes are full

weird

[idgiehkt]

37. wow

how strange. Post some pics if you feel like it. :hi:

[Kali]

44. not over here!

had an inch in early-mid June, nothing but a few sprinkles since.

[Lex]

31. These afternoon storms keep missing me and my garden!

Everyday it looks like this in Durham (an actual screen-cap one afternoon) :

[Shell Beau]

32. Will it ever quit raining? I guess we were begging for it!!

:hi:

[MonkeyFunk]

34. I could never get sick of

afternoon thunderstorms.

I miss them.

[idgiehkt]

36. I wish we had more rain right now

I am used to living in the mountains and having those storms every afternnoon, it seems in the flatlands it clouds up but most of the time nothing happens. The thunder-storm hating dog has been a real pain to deal with this year too; he stands on his hind legs and barks at the sky when it thunders, when the storm is right overhead and then he will run back and forth in his pen (the pen is just for thunderstorms so he doesn't run himself to death in the yard) and 'chase' it. Sigh... :eyes:

[Auggie]

38. I miss them in California

[NC_Nurse]

39. I love thunderstorms. EVERY day would get old though.

We're having one right now. First one in a couple of days to stop at our house. :)

I'm sorry it's messing up your plans. I remember it getting REALLY old when I had younguns
running around the house. ;-)

[Kali]

40. you mean South EASTERNERS, don't you?

We get a little thunder in the afternoon but no real rain yet. I REALLY need some rain! So no not sick of it - would love to have a season with enough rain to be sick of it. Been a long time since we had one of those.

[fudge stripe cookays]

43. Nope.

Texas has been having rain just about every day for two months. We're not really considered EAST. Just south. Or southwest.

[Kali]

45. eh Texas isn't directional

Texas is just TEXAS. :P

[Ptah]

46. Just a recap for Tucson

June 13 Temp. 100 Precip: 0

June 14 Temp. 104 Precip: 0

June 15 Temp. 105 Precip: 0

June 16 Temp. 104 Precip: 0

June 17 Temp. 103 Precip: 0

June 18 Temp. 103 Precip: 0

June 19 Temp. 103 Precip: 0

June 20 Temp. 104 Precip: 0

June 21 Temp. 108 Precip: 0

June 22 Temp. 107 Precip: 0

June 23 Temp. 106 Precip: 0

June 24 Temp. 104 Precip: 0

June 25 Temp. 105 Precip: 0

June 26 Temp. 108 Precip: 0

June 27 Temp. 107 Precip: 0

June 28 Temp. 106 Precip: 0

June 29 Temp. 106 Precip: 0

June 30 Temp. 107 Precip: 0

July 1 Temp. 108 Precip: 0

July 2 Temp. 107 Precip: 0

July 3 Temp. 107 Precip: 0

July 4 Temp. 110 Precip: 0

July 5 Temp. 109 Precip: 0

July 6 Temp. 107 Precip: T

July 7 Temp. 105 Precip: T

July 8 Temp. 101 Precip: 0

July 9 Temp. 100 Precip: 0

July 10 Temp. 100 Precip: T

July 11 Temp. 103 Precip: 0

July 12 Temp. 104 Precip: T

July 13 Temp. 103 Precip: 0

July 14 Temp. 100 Precip: 0

July 15 Temp. 105 Precip: T

July 16 Temp. 107 Precip: 0.09

July 17 Temp. 105 Precip: 0.01


It does look wet in the Tohono O’odham Nation

[pitohui]

41. jeebus yes, enough w. the damn storms already

the sick part of it is that i've spent at least half of the last six months elsewhere, and i'm still crawling the walls trying to work around these damn storms

[unsavedtrash]

47. not too long ago I thought there must be a dome over Tuscaloosa because even when rain was in the

area, we wouldn't get a drop. Now, the bottom falls out every afternoon. I did get mama's grass done yesterday but not mine. You are so right about feeling penned in.

I've started checking this map before planning anything outside.
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php

[Sequoia]

48. Guess what....we had rain overnight!!!

Rare, so rare. I actually liked this rain, reminded me of summers in Asheville, NC.

[av8rdave]

49. I'm tired of it...they sure make work more interesting.

[Wcross]

50. Send them up to Tennessee Maddy! We need rain.

I heard they are worried that they might have to shut down the Daniel's distillery due to our drought. We are down 12 inches over normal for the year, I am worried about my well going dry.