Who said the weather in the Las Vegas area is always the same? A few large raindrops fell on me as I was coming home yesterday afternoon. Once home, it began *pouring* — we ended up with over 1/2” dumped on us over the course of the late afternoon! We desperately need that rain and a lot more, but a steady, gentle rain would do more good, naturally. 😉
My husband had some trouble getting home from his afternoon activities, and our eldest grandson (age 16) called to say he couldn’t get home from the gym where he’d been working out, so could he come to our house? The road to his house, even though practically around the corner from us, was awash and impassable; all roads leading to it were closed by the police and highway patrol. That road to his house even made our local news, along with others.
When the rain finally stopped, we discovered that our grandson had a flat tire; he’d picked up a screw somewhere. Our very kind neighbor has a compressor and patched the tire with my husband’s help while I held umbrellas over them as the rain began again and our cocker spaniel cowered in the door to the garage; she’s afraid of thunder and loud noises. It’s really too bad I didn’t video the whole thing, as it was pretty comical. <g> Still, here is a photo of our neighbor, my husband, and our grandson (he took over umbrella duty for a time) as they worked on the car.
