So, we had a bit of excitement at our house this past Saturday. It not only started to rain, but it rained 2
1/2 inches in just 1 hour! The whole city seemed to have trouble draining that much water. On our street the water was flowing like a river, the sidewalk was fully covered and waves were washing up our driveway.
We all packed up and walked the streets around our house (yes, while it was crazy pouring out) just to see what all was going on with the flooding. There were places where we were walking in water up to our mid-shins. Some of our "near proximity" neighbors literally had water flowing through thier backyard and were quite upset with the "city people" for not having fixed the drains to handle the water. However, from what I understand, this was a unique raining situation.
While the mini-streams of flowing h
20 seemed to be the perfect adventure for Ralph S. Mouse; it was the talk of the town for the people of Manchester :). The pictures just don't express the magnitude of the event, so here is a quick video for your pleasure...
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