That Was Some Storm Yesterday

Well, it was in Fox Lake, but here in Spring Grove, about four miles away, we sure didn't get anything much.  A couple drops was all at the house and, judging from puddles, some rain at the Jewel about a mile away.

I was out in the yard working on a flower bed and did have to come in with all the lightning and the smattering of drops that made me think we were in for a big old storm.

We had been planning a day out on the boat, but boats and storms don't go well together.  So had to cancel that as well as taking the '03 Malibu to the Fox Lake Chevy dealer to have the driver's side back window, which will not close, fixed.

Decided to have the half-price BLT pizza at J's, east of Fox Lake, and play some NTN.  It started raining when we got to State Park Road on US-12 and got harder quickly.  That had to be the hardest rain I've ever had hitting the window, practically hail.  Started noticing lots of water standing in the road.

At Grand Avenue in Fox Lake, the police had the road blocked off because of flooding.  We later heard from a village road department guy that they had three and a half inches of rain in the water gauge at the village works building and they got that in just over an hour.

We had to take a detour along with many other cars that caused a backup and a half at Rollins Road.  We drove back to Grand and had to navigate around lots of standing water on the pavement most of the way to J's.

Later, at the Legion, we talked with one group of folks caught out on a pontoon boat in the storm and they got drenched and were afraid for their lives because of the wind and lightning.  Even three hours later, there were piles of hail at the Legion.

I sure would have liked to have some rain, but not like that.

Rainy Days and Storms.  --RoadDog


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