I've spent most of the day watching the rain,and boy has it rained.When Mother Nature is at her most fierce everything comes to a halt.I have never seen so many rivulets ,well torrents by dinnertime,coming down the hillside opposite right above where some very expensive new houses have been built!!!
By mid-morning the main road through the town was closed and the rain showed no sign of abating.By dinnertime,water was pouring through the back garden wall,the people in the cottages below were pumping out their cellars,numerous schools had been closed,more roads were shut and still the rain came down;Regardless.
Just after dinner it stopped...just like that!Wonderful,a little brightness poked through the heavy clouds.That's when my better half phoned to say he was on his way home with three flood casualties who had tried to get the school bus home but it had had to turn back because more roads were flooded and the closures were extending down the valley.Luckily he had the good sense not to stay at work as just 10 minutes after getting home the last direct road into the town was also shut.
When Mother Nature wants to make herself heard we all stop to listen and even when she has stopped her voice is heard for a long time after.
What a day!!!
And guess what?....it's still raining!
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