This is what it's like under normal conditions - warm air builds all day, humidity climbs like it’s got something to prove, and then out of nowhere the sky just snaps. One minute it’s sunny and 92°, next minute it’s a full tropical downpour like someone flipped a switch. That’s why one side of the street is dry - and the other side is getting absolutely flooded.
It’s fast. It’s loud. And it’s the reason Floridians trust the forecast about as much as they trust a clear sky at 3PM. You’ll get: Bright sunshine. Blinding rain. Then sunshine again like nothing happened.
This isn’t just weather. This is Florida freestyle...
In the news today they reported the drought we're now in will last another couple of weeks, at the very least. They said for us to get back to 'normal' levels, it has to rain at least 19" in that same time span.
Gonna be a lot of brown lawns around here.
While driving on I-80 in Nebraska I ran into a stretch of road with a long string-like cloud dumping heavy rain. On either side of the highway were fields showing sunshine.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was 10, we stayed at my moms parents home a block west the inland channel in Palm Beach.
ReplyDeleteNearly every afternoon after going to the beach and getting all salty and sandy,
I'd usually take a shower in back of the house from the rainwater off the roof, that would come by daily.
June, '66.
You've never spent a summer in the Philly 'burbs.
ReplyDeleteA hurricane will solve the water problem.
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