Allen but one of the good onesMar 31

Phew, what a storm! From the time I stepped out my door to the time I got to my car, it went from warm humid autumn afternoon to ominously cloudy with distant thunder. And by the time I'd driven three blocks I, all the trees were trying to lie down, the car was rocking on its shocks, and my windscreen was being pelted by raindrops the size of marbles.

That was half an hour ago and it hasn't stopped. The leak in my roof is running like an open tap. The garden is a river. The wind has settled a bit and the thunder remains distant, but wow.

Show threadAllen but one of the good onesMar 31

Oh wow. The street outside my home is a river now. Just rushing water from kerb to kerb.

Starting to worry for people in low-lying areas.

Show threadAllen but one of the good onesMar 31
Okay it's passed. Just normal rain again. The road is a road once more.
Show threadPaul Chambers🚧Mar 31
@uastronomer I hate traveling in the thick, or any, rain. Glad it is clear for the moment. Hate to hear about the roof, Allen.
Show threadAllen but one of the good onesMar 31
@paul Yeah, it's annoying. Previous owner built a living room by enclosing a large patio, but that meant the roof had to have a very shallow slope, so it's always been leaky in that room :( And the quote to fix it makes my eyes water.
Show threadPaul Chambers🚧Mar 31
@uastronomer We recently got rid of two flat roof that joined at different pitches out of fear of leaks, and literally the day before they started building up the roof, it started leaking, nearly 6 years after we moved here and I started obsessively worrying about it. #PaulsRoof https://oldfriends.live/@paul/115640059887143072
Show threadPaul Chambers🚧

@uastronomer Here's me worrying about #PaulsRoof last year. Shows the mess better than the previous reply

https://oldfriends.live/@paul/115500521749793669

Mar 31 at 4:25pmWeb
Show threadAllen but one of the good onesMar 31
@paul Oh wow, yeah that looks like it will collect so much water instead of draining it away!
Show threadPaul Chambers🚧Mar 31

@uastronomer It's gone, pitched now, so that worry is over for me. The suspended rubber water diverter in the corner is what puzzled me.

Hope you can find a solution.