Poodleusier

I was in St Charles. Based on the track of the storm, we were probably 3 miles or so from actual storm track. And we were clueless. We weren't watching a local channel on cable TV, so no storm warnings were popping up. Wasn't until my girlfriend called and ask if we were OK, and told me a tornado went through La Plata that we had a clue. I drove down to La Plata the next weekend when I went to visit my Dad that I saw the obvious track of the tornado. The utter destruction at 301 & Rt 6... A fast food restaurant with nothing left but a slab and about a foot of plumbing pipes sticking out of the concrete.

I was at my Dad's house in Waldorf the day the tornado went through La Plata. Less than 10 miles from where the tornado passed. It was a wild storm even there. At one point the rain stopped and it was nothing but hail. Golf ball to tennis ball sized. We watched the hail strip the branches off trees as it came down. Got some nice hail dents on my car, but luckily no broken glass. When I headed back to Germantown that night, it was a constant stream of emergency vehicles headed down Rt 5.

I managed 0.70" today on the western edge of Ballenger Creek.

Going with a D in Frederick. Only saving grace was the Snowcrete storm and the extended cold afterwards. Been a very disappointing streak of winters up here.

From my weather station in Ballenger Creek (Frederick) just west of 15/340 and just south of I-70" 2.44' for the month 1.26" on 5/5 0.26" so far for the day. The heaviest stuff fell to my south and west yesterday.

As a Frederick denizen, it's amazing what a difference 50 miles has made this summer. I got a co-worker near Upper Marlboro that sends me pictures of mushrooms in his yard, and I send him pictures of my brown yard.

Waiting to see my first tumble weed here in Ballenger Creek...

Are there any spots still available in the Panic Room? I'm asking for a friend.

You will get NO rain, and you will be happy with it! LOL

The fog is getting thicker....and Leon is getting larger....

Did someone say it's over? It's not over until we say.... Oh, nevermind. It's over...

Just emptied the CoCoRaHS rain gauge on my deck here in Ballenger Creek (Frederick, MD). 4.05" since midnight. My Acurite Atlas rain gauge came up with 3.89" so far.

I got a hundred problems, but a drought is not one of them.