hurricane

Well, the hurricane that hit the gulf coast finally made it here. We have been having clouds since Thursday, but the rains started up about midnight Friday and went through Saturday morning. They eye gave us a clearing through the afternoon, and Ron managed to mow the jungle that was our back yard. He said it was nice not to have a huge dust cloud following him around. This evening about 6:30, the rain started up again, and it has been raining heavily off an on since then (it's now almost midnight). I drove home in it from gaming (DragonQuest tonight, Fran), and the road were pretty wet, water running fairly deep in a couple of places. I'm glad the roads were not busy. The biggest problem is that the refrigerated air venting that was installed last summer is leaking the rain into the house. We've had that problem with a couple of vents all along, and they came back and "fixed" it, but never really got it stopped. Through the dry winter, and sun and all, what sealant they used on other places (which was pretty ludicrous when Ron went up on the roof and checked it out) has failed. Ok, so their idea of sealing the vents was - in places - duct tape (yeah, the silver stuff) or masking tape with sealant painted over it. HMMMM imagine that tape not holding... So, he's looking now to see what he needs to get since a trip to Home Depot was on the agenda for tomorrow anyway.