Record Rains

Received notice yesterday that the porch windows would be delivered on Friday. Seemed like a perfect time since all the house windows were installed, minus the one that was not ordered. The game plan was to remove all the porch windows on Thursday so that on Friday when the windows came, the porch would be all ready to go. Sounds perfect right?? Well, what we did not plan on was the record rains we would have this afternoon and evening.

These pictures show a sequence of events. While the windows were being taken out, it was a beautiful day, very hot and humid but nice none the less. As the rain approached, the guys put up tarps to cover for the night. The last picture was taken after it had been raining (and hailing) for quite a while. It is hard to tell in the picture how wet the tarps are. Fortuately, even with all the rain, the porch was only damp and had minor dripping into it. I would have been very surprised if it stayed dry. The lastest report I heard was that we had 5 inches of rain!! I know it also hailed at least twice. When I get on the National Weather Service radar, it looks like more is coming. We will just keep out fingers crossed. I post again when the new porch windows are in.