Rain, rain, rain and more rain!

[happylabs]

We had a hard rainstorm last week one night and I ended up getting water in my basement, just puddles but enough to make a mess and it stinks!

Friday we had another hard rainstorm, probably a couple inches through the day and now more puddles. Problem is I have my litter boxes down there and that in combination with the musty smells is pretty gross.

I spent yesterday morning cleaning it up, trying to sop up the water, etc. Put some plug in air fresheners in. Had to move a couple litter boxes so the kitties didn't have to walk through water.

I guess it is better than snow though!

[Medusa]

Same here, sometimes a thunderstorm, other times just rain. Today is the first day we haven't seen rain in weeks, yet they're predicting a 70% chance. Our winter was so brutally cold and so long that we were hoping for a nice, long, hot summer and instead it's been rainy and/or humid. Some days it only gets up to 62 but it's so humid that you can't go w/out the AC. Today it's 78 and the AC has been cranking nearly all day because of the humidity. Hardly any breeze either which, of course, makes it worse.

[Pam]

We have had way more rain than usual (at least in the recent past) this year. Friday night was crazy weather in these parts - lots of damage from rains and high winds. We lost power for over 5 hrs. and there are parts of NJ that have been without power even until today. Once again we had storms this morning. I was in church and you could hear the pounding on the roof. It was a-comin' down!

[Cookiebaker]

Right there with ya, SAS. The weeds are out.of.control in our driveway because of all the rain. I work on them every nice day we get, but its hard to keep on top of them. Also, we are in the middle of building a deck on our house, and have been delayed so much because of the rain. Its sad that summer is over half over....some of the leaves on the trees are already turning...and we haven't had many summer days yet.

[Freedom]

The year without a summer, is what I've been saying for about 2 weeks now.

Here in RI we are stuck in the same weather pattern as you in Vermont.

June: wettest June on record, coldest June on record.

July: wettest MONTH on record, EVER !!!

Blueberries need sun to sweeten up, so this year's are quite tart.
Strawberries are rotting on the ground.

Fruit is ripening later than usual. Same for veggies. Katydids sang for the first time TWO WHOLE WEEKS later than ever, since that has been tracked and recorded.

I've use the a/c for the humidity, but not at all for the heat - what heat?

My area was built on the swamp section of a farm. About 35 houses, plus a middle school. My backyard barely has time to dry out, it is almost always "spongey."

With 4 small white dogs, all my towels go in the wash every third day!

[Barbara]

Your weather sounds like our weather. It will always be the same cycle: '
Day 1: hot
Day 2: VERY hot and humid
Day 3: VERY hot and humid and thunderstorm and rain in the afternoon
Day 4: cool and rainy
... and then it starts all over.
The rivers have too much water, we have more mosquitos than ever and you cannot plan any parties

[Daisy and Delilah]

I forgot to mention the bugs. We've had a record breaking year for mosquitos and fleas.

I had to call mosquito control out twice. They spray and it only helps for a day or two. Many people I know have pets that have really bad fleas this year. Some of them with terrible skin allergies. I never remember anything like this either.