... 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