Liquid? From the sky?

[LarryPQ]

What is this?


DH finally puts the tin shade roof on the coop (babies are still inside), and I wake up this morning to water, FALLING FROM THE SKY!!! How crazy is that?

I had heard of rumors of such happenings, but thought they were fairy tales like dragons, unicorns, and good teen drivers!

I suppose the tin roof could do double duty and keep the chickens dry, as well as shaded!

If I had known putting up a roof was all it took for this "rain" to come, I would have gotten chickens YEARS AGO!!

 

[Southernbelle]

My first time visiting Phoenix, my first question was "Why don't the houses have gutters????" Out here, without gutters you'd flood your basement.

I was told:

A. Hardly any rain
B. Hardly any basements

Boy did I feel stupid!

 

[LarryPQ]

Oh, I would love a basement! They are soooo much cooler and you save a ton on airconditioning.


Alas, caliche is everywhere here.

 

[TammyTX]

We saw that same thing, water from the sky!

My husband said, "The chickens are getting wet." and I reminded him they are under the mister hose every day!

El Nino will bring more rain but y'all always get bad floods then don't you?

 

[SarahFair]

Rain? What is this rain you speak of?
hmmm.....

 

[LarryPQ]

Some parts of the valley flood. We are at a higher part of the city, by the mountain preserve, so we'll turn into a flash flood when all the water comes off the mountain.

Then the ground makes this hollow sucking sound and everything is dry again.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I can "make" rain. Put baby chicks outside, and *bam* it WILL rain.

ORRR... put the chicks outside, leave the house for a few minutes, and a MONSOON will erupt.

 

[pips&peeps]

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Me too! Put some out yesterday afternoon and woke up this morning at 5 am to the sound of pouring rain. The kind that sounds like a cow peeing on a flat rock......

Ran outside to find all the babies standing on top of each other and then the monsoon came while I was unpiling them. All the water came rushing towards us!

I couldn't find a shovel and was screaming, "My kingdom for a shovel!" I guess I will be moving the "overflow" pen to a new location today.

 

[texasgal]

We got some too yesterday .. it was wonderfull .. thunder and all!

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

pips&peeps :

Quote:
Me too! Put some out yesterday afternoon and woke up this morning at 5 am to the sound of pouring rain. The kind that sounds like a cow peeing on a flat rock......

Ran outside to find all the babies standing on top of each other and then the monsoon came while I was unpiling them. All the water came rushing towards us!

I couldn't find a shovel and was screaming, "My kingdom for a shovel!" I guess I will be moving the "overflow" pen to a new location today.

I know that sound!​