Wow - we just had about 20 minutes of torrential rain! Started with a lightning bolt very near by, a tremendous thunderclap, and then the downpour. It's fun living up on a hill, but we do tend to get lightning strikes nearby.
We scurried around the house closing windows and doors, taking down laundry from the line on the roof terrace (we don't waste gas drying doggie towels when the sun is shining; so they're a little rough...), and watching the rain and hail beat down on the first floor garden area and second floor terrace.
I think there was only a 30% chance of rain today - which usually means we don't get any precipitation - but it was a very impressive 30%. Still sounds as if there's storming somewhere near, but it could just be echoing off the mountains.
Don't know where we're having dinner tonight, but it won't be on a roof terrace!
PS - The dogs really behaved themselves during the storm - no running around, no extraneous barking, just went to their crates (and hid). Likewise, even with the nearby lightning strike, our power stayed on during the deluge. Glad it did, as I was working on the IRS tax return and really didn't want to re-enter all that information. I might have missed the deadline!
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