Today's weather was a bit strange! Some very early morning rain, lots of wind, then some blue sky, and back to rain. We had some periods of torrential downpours...the kind that soaks you within a second of stepping outside (I learned my lesson about leaving all THREE umbrellas in the van!).I was just leaving the hospital after taking Mike some lunch when the one rain storm
hit. After seeing how the water was flowing down the streets, I grabbed my camera and headed back out. Below are some pictures taken right down the street.
For those of you who don't live there, you may not realize that these water culverts are about 2 1/2 feet wide by 4 feet deep...there was A LOT of water moving through...FAST! Pretty cool to watch.Further down the road, the whole road was completely flooded. You can see how deep the water is by the white car- i
t was up past the undercarriage. There was 4 or 5 vans parked next to me- with lots of Okinawa workers wondering what they were going to do (I think the leaves must have blocked some of the drains). the picture on the right (behind the chain link fence) shows how high up the water was gushing.
After just 5 minutes the rain tapered off and the water rapidly went down- amazing how quickly actually.
These are great pictures, Kelly! We saw this again today (not the flooding part, just the gushing from the culverts). Amazing how the rain is like a flip of the switch.
ReplyDeleteAngie K.