Long night of storms here. Nearly continuous lightning-

[The Polack MSgt]

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Since midnight.

My vicious pitbull has been "protecting" my wife and I from between the 2 of us on the bed. She's been at it for several hours.

Just got an alert that all roads into our town are flooded.

Yippee

So, how's your day going?

ETA - Flooding throughout the region but so far, our power is stable.

The old record in my county for rain in 1 day was 7.2 inches. beat that by 630AM - Still raining and we've had about 8 inches of rain since midnight.

We could get up to 2" more by 1000AM.

If you live in eastern Missouri or southern Illinois, stay home if you can

[gademocrat7]

1. Take care

And stay safe.

[brer cat]

2. Yikes! I'm glad your fearless pitbull protected you from the lightening strikes.

My guard cat protects me from under the bed.

Good luck getting around today.

[The Polack MSgt]

3. Well, cats are ambush predators. I'm sure any thunder that comes in will get pounced on

[wnylib]

4. We had thunderstorms Sunday evening. My guard cat

protected me from under the glass topped coffee table, where she could keep an eye on the flashing sky at a distance from the window. Each flash got a full alert stare and a low growl.

But when the thunder got closer, she took shelter behind the couch and left me to fend for myself.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Yikes! Stay home and stay safe! But this isn't just in your area

I'm in Northeastern New York and we've also been hit with constant storms accompanied by lightning strikes. And here in the Adirondacks, that also means that trees and branches come down. Driving home can be an obstacle course. At least we haven't lost power - yet.