Your thunderstorms don't do things by halves, do they Sue? LOL Thankfully, that's something we don't get much on the West Coast (not like other parts of Canada -- namely Ontario and Quebec). Has the rain eased now . . .. or have you resorted to putting out buckets and saucepans? Hope not. Hugs, Jennifer on coolish Vancouver Island . . . with a very strange cloud/fog-like "hat" over the area. You can see blue sky and sunshine all around! Trivvie wrote: > ... Has just gone through our place ... At it's height - you couldn't see > out of the windows - and gutters all around were flooded ... The drains for > the road couldn't keep up with it - and the road was awash with water ... > Thankfully - this has all gone now - but the thunder is still rumbling away > - and not I the distance either ... > > And there's a puddle of water in my hall - at the bottom of the stairs ... > > All our windows open 'inwards' - they either drop down a little - or we can > open them sideways to their full width - 'tilt-'n'-turn' ... Mostly - unless > the rain is coming sideways - the rain doesn't usually come into the house . > . BUT - the upstairs landing window decided it was going to allow water in . > . In it came - onto the window-sill - then overflowing down the wall for a > very short distance - before following the channel afforded it by the > handrail running up the length of the stairs ... It then travelled in this > channel - before falling off the end onto my hall carpet .... > > I hope everyone else is cosy and dry ... > > Sue > >