Storm No. 2

I did measure the rain water in our unofficial container from yesterday's storm - around 1-1/2 inches.  Waiting for the sun to come up so I can read the measurement for last night's storm.  Yes, there was another one last night -- which I slept through, darn it!  Hate when that happens.  I still remember waking up as a child for the electrical storms in southern Indiana.  In fact, we had a few doozies last year when I was back in our old hometown to assist my sister and her husband update an 1892 farmhouse for resale.  Although nowadays there's a radio that alerts one to upcoming severe weather.

Woke up during the night to post-storm dripping, a wet balcony, and Miyake was sleeping on the bed with a towel draped over her (a sure sign that she had been excited earlier in the evening - usually by wind and lightning).

Michael tells me that there was, indeed, a storm that lasted about two hours, had lots of thunder and brilliant lightning, and seemed to rain more heavily that the previous night's storm.  I think it's still part of the disturbance off the western coast of Mexico - but we'll take the rain whatever the source.

Rain does have an effect on our water supply - which comes from wells higher up the mountainside - but it visibly affects the level of the presa, or reservoir - which provides irrigation water for agriculture.  The big presa is visible from many parts of the town; other smaller presas are tucked into the countryside here-and-there around town and the surrounding campo are not as easily apparent.