Brooklyn, NY, USA

[rosefox]

There was a very impressive thunderstorm this evening. We heard the first rumbles around 6, and it didn't fully reach us until 7. The sky was more green than grey—not quite tornado green, but close to it—and the lightning and thunder were constant for something like half an hour, with bouts of torrential rain. We cuddled up with our kid and watched the storm through the window like it was a movie.

Sometimes rain clears the air, but the prediction is for more storms today and tomorrow, so I'm guessing the air will continue thick and unbreathable. After that we'll get a few days of sunny weather and the humidity should ease off a bit, though it'll still be very hot.

This is all perfectly normal New York City summer weather, incidentally—there's a reason my "summer" userpic is a painting called Love in a Rainstorm. I'm always baffled when shoe stores insist that rain boots aren't needed outside of spring and fall.

Comments

[bluepapercup]

Similar conditions up here in Massachusetts too! Summer thunderstorms are wonderful, but I am hoping for a break from the heat soon.

[mific]

I gather August was the traditional time when people left the city for vacation and to avoid the heat, but I guess that will be modified by the pandemic.

[rosefox]

A lot of my coworkers have been finding their way upstate or out to Long Island. Since the spread of the virus is so well controlled within the city and state, that seems reasonably safe. But no European vacations this year. :(

[acelightning]

Waterproof boots are only sold in wintertime, to protect feet from snow. For a long time, I didn't have anything waterproof that came up past my ankles, which meant that in deep snow or heavy street flooding I had to deal with getting soaked up to my knees. Last winter I finally managed to get a pair of snow boots that come up to mid-calf. But these are actually men's boots - my women's shoe size is equivalent to a smallish man's size. My husband needed a new pair of galoshes, so we went to the Army/Navy store, and the salesperson explained how some of their boots might fit a larger woman like me. All that matters is that when we had a couple of inches of snow, my feet stayed dry and warm!