Raging Waters
By Anna
@LadyDuck (471456)
Switzerland
June 7, 2016 9:49am CST
The Summer is slow to start this year.
We had a beautiful warm week at the end of May, but it has rained every day in June.
Monday afternoon a powerful thunderstorm produced torrential rain.
The small brook in front of the house became menacing.
The racing water brought down dirt, broken tree branches and rocks from the mountain, but finally we had no damages.
You can see in my photo how it looked from our closed window, it rained too much to be able to open it.
Yesterday I have cleaned the garden from leaves and broken tree branches brought by the wind, but today is menacing another storm.
Has summer started at your place?
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65 responses
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
9 Jun 16
Summer here hasn't officially ended yet . But for the past days it's always gloomy and it drizzles only . I want rain .
But today at breakfast , hubby's auntie said it rained last night . Oh , i was so asleep , i didn't notice it . The rain may have lulled me to sleep and it wasn't hot last night , that's why also . 
But today at breakfast , hubby's auntie said it rained last night . Oh , i was so asleep , i didn't notice it . The rain may have lulled me to sleep and it wasn't hot last night , that's why also . 2 people like this
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
7 Jun 16
Summer has been in full swing here for weeks. Today only 88 but the end of the week back to mid-90s You don't get rain like that normally do you?
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
7 Jun 16
@LadyDuck Hence the phrase, "When it rains it pours"
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@Shivram59 (35580)
• India
29 Sep
We had such a torrential rain three years ago.The rain was accompanied by a storm that uprooted many trees..We all in the town shut our doors and windows.The storm lasted for more than 15 minutes;but the rain continued for two days.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
30 Sep
@Shivram59 Our house is built uphill, we are usually safe here.
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@Shivram59 (35580)
• India
29 Sep
@LadyDuck Go bless.I wish you and your area remains safe.It had been a long time we had seen heavy rain.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
7 Jun 16
@LadyDuck Yes it does seem you had heavy rainfall.Here The Monsoon rains will start on the 9th of this month.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
8 Jun 16
@LadyDuck May be on 22 it will be summer there.For that whatever rains that is left has to be finished.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
8 Jun 16
@silvermist It will be a humid summer if this rain continues for the next two weeks, that is what they predicted.
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@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
8 Jun 16
Your stream did turn into a raging torrent, didn't it. Our summer has started off with two Tropical Storms, both of which brought their share of rain, but nothing like you've been having. Today was a nice day after a few sprinkles early, but it got hot this afternoon.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
7 Jun 16
oh my! i'm so glad that'cha made't through such purty much unscathed. t'would be a tad unnervin' to've such so close by durin' torrential rainfall. 'tis warm'n windy here 'n my "ponds" 've mostly dried out from our recent downpour. good thingy, coz i've a few horses who're gettin' kinda sassy 'n those "ponds" were'n my roundpen, lol.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 16
@crazyhorseladycx I have read about the floods in the United States, we have many areas also flooded in Europe, especially in Great Britain, France and Germany. At least we had no damages here.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
9 Jun 16
@LadyDuck bless yer heart 'n all those who're dealin' with such. there's many places here'n the u.s. that've been under water. their homes lost, crops gone. no ma'am, not funny't all.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
18 Mar 17
That is a rushing stream, I love the sound of moving water and when it rains if the windows are open or I'm in the backyard, you can hear the stream at the bottom of the ravine behind my house, But - its far away from our yard thankfully.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
19 Mar 17
@PainsOnSlate I like the noise of the water when I keep the windows open in summer.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
7 Jun 16
It is always seductive to live by a body of water, but it can become dangerous in the rain. I once live by the Cucamonga "Creek", which was no creek at all. It was a dry river bed unless it rained, then it could get ugly. So the army corp of engineers tamed it with concrete. No longer are there major floods with damage, but it doesn't do what creeks are supposed to do, move soil to the beach so that erosion does not happen there. Bummer.
Good luck with your brook and the rain.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
8 Jun 16
@ElizabethWallace Yes, my trip was in 1990.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
8 Jun 16
@LadyDuck You are exactly correct. That is where Rancho Cucamonga is located. Your trip must have been after 1975, since that is when I helped incorporate and design the city. It was a fun thing to do, every empowering and educational.
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. There was a long time that we had not so much rain
.@topffer (42156)
• France
8 Jun 16
@LadyDuck I was speaking too fast : rain is also expected in my place this weekend
. But for today the forecast says 27°C and UV 8
.
Yes, it is incredible to have had so much rain during the past months. I hope that you will have a sunny summer without a raindrop.
. But for today the forecast says 27°C and UV 8.
Yes, it is incredible to have had so much rain during the past months. I hope that you will have a sunny summer without a raindrop.1 person likes this
@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
8 Jun 16
The brook looked very bad, I have never seen so much rain, it was even impossible to open the windows. I am not sure that summer is ready to start. I have checked the weather forecast, it seems we are going to have this kind of weather until the 19th of the month.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16760)
• China
8 Jun 16
We are in the same boat. .It rains cats and dogs most of the days after summer set in with the Yangtze river where we live close to is in spate.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16760)
• China
9 Jun 16
@LadyDuck Our city has flood control wall along the Yangtze river ,so we don't worry about our houses.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
9 Jun 16
@changjiangzhibin89 I am glad that your houses are safe. We do not have major rivers in the area, our houses are also safe.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
7 Jun 16
The calendar says 6/22 - but summer starts when it gets hot LOL.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
12 Jun 16
Wow, that is one raging river! You are getting buckets of the wet stuff! It looks dangerous though. I hope it never causes any damage.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
12 Jun 16
@Jeanniemaries Yes, it is true, you cannot judge from a picture.
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
12 Jun 16
The stream would be fascinating to watch. Your house appeared to be high enough, out of danger but you never can be sure from just a picture.
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