Biggest Storm of the Year
We arrived at work this morning with a heavy cloud cover; I was cautiously optimistic that we would receive a heavy rainstorm and get to go home early. Unfortunately, the clouds just teased us all morning, even giving a few rain drops now and then to make us believe a storm was imminent.
About 10 minutes before our lunch break, it started raining. Since we had ripped a hole in one of the exterior walls and framed our structure into it, well everything but the roof that is, we had water running into the existing house.
As we frantically scrambled to patch up leaks, we decided to drill a hole in the floor of our new hallway to let the water run down below. Without the holes, the water was doing a pretty good job of running into the former kitchen of the existing structure.
After we had everything buttoned up, we took our lunch and enjoyed the gentle storm. The rain lasted for about another twenty minutes after our lunch, so we were able to enjoy an extended break. Unfortunately the rain stopped, so my dreams of leaving early in true slacker form were quickly dashed.
We went back to work, once again teased by clouds that looked like they wanted to spit on us. The rain finally came about a half hour before it was time to go home for the day.
The gentle summer shower of the morning was replaced with a maelstrom of an event in the afternoon. It started off as heavy rain, progressed to dime size hail, then to a full out torrential downpour.
Our half-assed attempts to “waterproof” the existing structure were no match for the volume of water falling from the sky in the afternoon. I had to stand in the hallway, in the rain with a broom to keep debris from clogging the holes we had drilled earlier. The water was running so fast that it was picking up sawdust and wood chunks and carrying them to the drains.
As the homeowners reported new leaks to us, we did our best to find ways to stifle the damage. At the end of the day, we were soaked and freezing. Evidently the clouds that had given us the hail was also carrying some water that was pretty close to being hail because it was friggin cold.
Not long after we started driving home, the rain stopped. I told The Bitch that he had just witnessed the biggest rain storm we had experienced since the snow stopped in May. He was shocked to find out that we hadn’t been rained out all summer, and once again he laughed at us for thinking that was a real rain storm. He thinks that we’re spoiled on account of the mild summers, but we more than make up for it with foot after foot of snow in the winter. There’s nothing like opening your front door and seeing fresh powder up to your waist. Speaking of my waist, I weighed 168 pounds tonight.
About 10 minutes before our lunch break, it started raining. Since we had ripped a hole in one of the exterior walls and framed our structure into it, well everything but the roof that is, we had water running into the existing house.
As we frantically scrambled to patch up leaks, we decided to drill a hole in the floor of our new hallway to let the water run down below. Without the holes, the water was doing a pretty good job of running into the former kitchen of the existing structure.
After we had everything buttoned up, we took our lunch and enjoyed the gentle storm. The rain lasted for about another twenty minutes after our lunch, so we were able to enjoy an extended break. Unfortunately the rain stopped, so my dreams of leaving early in true slacker form were quickly dashed.
We went back to work, once again teased by clouds that looked like they wanted to spit on us. The rain finally came about a half hour before it was time to go home for the day.
The gentle summer shower of the morning was replaced with a maelstrom of an event in the afternoon. It started off as heavy rain, progressed to dime size hail, then to a full out torrential downpour.
Our half-assed attempts to “waterproof” the existing structure were no match for the volume of water falling from the sky in the afternoon. I had to stand in the hallway, in the rain with a broom to keep debris from clogging the holes we had drilled earlier. The water was running so fast that it was picking up sawdust and wood chunks and carrying them to the drains.
As the homeowners reported new leaks to us, we did our best to find ways to stifle the damage. At the end of the day, we were soaked and freezing. Evidently the clouds that had given us the hail was also carrying some water that was pretty close to being hail because it was friggin cold.
Not long after we started driving home, the rain stopped. I told The Bitch that he had just witnessed the biggest rain storm we had experienced since the snow stopped in May. He was shocked to find out that we hadn’t been rained out all summer, and once again he laughed at us for thinking that was a real rain storm. He thinks that we’re spoiled on account of the mild summers, but we more than make up for it with foot after foot of snow in the winter. There’s nothing like opening your front door and seeing fresh powder up to your waist. Speaking of my waist, I weighed 168 pounds tonight.
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