Storm of the century

It was a dark and stormy NOON!

All of this was heading for the window well.........

Running in buckets down the street

This was what was left of the hail after 2 hours of 'bailing' and tons of rain on top of it.

Pictures don't do this storm justice. We were lucky, I started bailing as soon as I noticed the water coming in.....however, it was raining SO hard, I had a hard time keeping up with the amount poring in. It got up to about 15 inches above the sill level of the window........pouring in as fast as I could bail, but we ended up with only about 20 gallons of water in the basement, and hundreds of gallons out in the street. I was feeling desperate, and facing a losing battle. I called in reinforcments to help. (DAD). Now we're both soaked. Dad, being dad, also went to help his home teaching families bail after he was done with ours.