Hope everyone's ok

[MerryBlooms]

The last two nights have been wild!
No real property damage for us. We have had a crap load of rain here in Lake county. Our recycle bin's lid was left open last night and my husband said there was at least 6 inches of water in the bottom. Lost power some time in the wee hours this morning. We had water come into the garage and in the basement entry. Lots of towels and fans, and of course the kitties are unhappy having wet paws stuck with kitty litter. :/

[truebrit71]

1. Yeah, last night was lively....

...I'm in Kane county so we just got a great light show...the torrential rain doesn't appear to have created too many problems for folks in my area either...

[MerryBlooms]

2. Same here,

there was a steady stream of lightning and the thunder shook the house a couple of times-- those gave me the adrenaline tingles. lol

[WhiteTara]

3. In NW Arkansas

we had a deep soaking rain with only a small light show and wind. Lots of wind, but none were damaging around here.

[MerryBlooms]

6. Good to hear, I hope you folks have a mild season from here on out.

[mopinko]

4. that big cold puddle is chasing all my rain away.

i am in the bowl of the lake, and i have seen even more than usual number of storms that hit that cold air mass, and bounce right off it.

we did get some rain, but not more than a couple inches.
i need a new rain gauge

[MerryBlooms]

7. Good deal.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. I was driving in the sodden suden suburbs of Chicago when the power went out

Robbins, Crestwood, Blue Island - totally black. And I just saw photos of my old stomping grounds, my old home sitting in several feet of water on the north side.

What a lighting show. What a dark and stormy night.

[MerryBlooms]

8. You just knew we were going to rock-n-roll, the humidity yesterday was absolutely wretched.

Glad you made it safe to high ground.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. The storms are definitely more intense,

far more than my childhood several decades ago.

It also seems as though Deep Tunnel is a failure. Too small, too easily overwhelmed, and not designed for today's storms.

[MerryBlooms]

10. I have only lived here a few years, I'm from Oregon.

And yes, Deep Tunnel seems to be inadequate, to say the least.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-05-12/news/chi-rapid-rains-blow-cover-off-deep-tunnel-pipe-20140512_1_deep-tunnel-shaft-pressure

[ChairmanAgnostic]

11. My honey has led several groups through Deep Tunnel

from the orient. When her clients did the math, they realized that a storm greater than 1.5 inches per hour would fill it, greater than 2 inches per hour would overwhelm it. The response from the Deep Tunnelers was "We don't foresee rains as heavy as 2 inches per hour. That's ridiculous!"

[ColesCountyDem]

12. Here in southern IL (south of I-64), we had torrential rains, hail and lots of lightning.

We were spared any damaging winds, but several rural roads (mine included) were closed due to flooding.