Torrential Rains

We have had some absolutely wretched rains over the past five days. We drove to North Carolina on Thursday evening and five hours of the eight hour drive was in a heavy rain. The weather there could not have been better, but rain welcomed us home when we reached the Atlanta city limits. Today, the rain has been a torrential downpour ruining landscaping, transporting my mulch to the neighbor's yard three doors down and covering some of our roads in eight inches of quickly moving water. Not very much fun to drive through, but that's why I trust my minivan :)

Take a look/listen at this rain. Even with our windows closed, it sounds like a rainforest. But once I open that back door from the kitchen and step out on the backporch, the sound of the rain and the waterfall is deafening. I didn't hold the camera farther away from me and I even raised my voice when speaking on the back porch. Craziness!