Day 1 wasn't too bad. It rained, but it was between a drizzle and a shower, too light to be a shower, but too heavy to be a mere drizzle. It was a "so what" kind of thing, but the breeze was actually appreciated since this house likes trapping heat and humidity in the summer (aluminim siding and lack of house-wide air conditioning).

Its day 2 now. I woke up at 3:50 in the afternoon to a strangely quiet and "dry" looking yard. That didn't last long as the rains came back 2 hours later and in audible "the roof is a drum" force. The yard quickly turned into series of muddy rivers and puddles and I could smell the wet grass within the first thirty seconds after the rain started pouring down.

The "hard rain" let up within 5 minutes to more of an average shower, but it could become hard and heavy again at any time. There's been flood warnings issues an hour ago for four counties in my viewing area. I'm still waiting for power outages in my town, though I have my fingers crossed against that possibility. The "hurricane" (now a tropical storm) is losing strength rapidly and the nearby mountains are ripping it apart as the day goes on.

But its still marching slowly inland at a walking pace (last I heard, anyway) and the worst of it is supposedly still to come because the weather forecasts are still pegging Sunday as being the "peak" of the winds and rains.