Rain, and Lots of It

Yesterday storms rolled through and brought lots of much needed rain.

It's been too dry: a third of an inch 8 days ago, and a third of an inch three days before that.  The confusing thing is the amount for this storm.

It was lots and lots of rain, but Bradley Airport at Windsor Locks reports only a quarter inch total!  Weather Underground, with a station on Duncaster, reports .88 inches.

My own weather station, newly re-installed, shows 1.56 inches!  A quarter inch or an inch and a half?  Which is it?  I'll split the difference and say we got a full inch of rain and it was needed and it was appreciated.

While the plants benefited from all the water, they did get beaten down in the wind and downpour, and all look saggy and bedraggled.  And there was no bluebird sunny day to follow the front moving through; today is still overcast with a white sky and yellow light.  Sheeesh.  Can't get a good picture.