Storms over Wisconsin

As you know, we've been hammered by bad weather for the past few weeks. As David and I were hurrying to weatherproof the outside cellar door with a large canvas after the basement had flooded, this storm approached. Sara snapped a number of pictures but these three best show its progression over our farm. Although it looked quite ominous we only received a good soaking from it- including the basement again.

Turned out the gutters were stuffed with helicopters from our maple out front which channeled the rain over the eaves where it soaked into the basement rather than down the drain spouts.

It wasn't until a storm the following evening that we discovered this so David cleaned them out in his underwear, in the rain, while the lightning flashed. Better to be fried by a gazillion volts than pitch out the basement with five gallon pails for the third time. Sorry, no photos of that. Classic though they might have been I wasn't willing to risk my life, and my camera, to get them.