Heavy rain =
- frog strangler
- downpour
- gully washer
- raining cats and dogs
- frog drowner
- cloudburst
- frog choker
- the bottom fell out
- log floater
- dam buster
- like pouring pee out of a boot
- pouring
We had much needed rain in Brasstown yesterday. I swear I could hear the trees, bushes, plants, and even the very ground sucking up all the moisture.
Matt said the growing rain would bring on the lushness of summer in a hurry. I know he’s right. It will do a sight to help the things we have growing in the garden.
Earlier this week I noticed the state was cleaning out the ditches in Brasstown. I knew rain was in the forecast so I thought to myself they are making way for the gully washer—only I didn’t really think we’d get as much rain as we did.
By late yesterday evening there was piles of leaves and other debris along the ditches throughout Martins Creek and Brasstown.
It’s been ages since we’ve seen standing water in the yard. I’m thankful for the rain and for what it will do for our plants.
Tipper
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I will pray for the ones in Mississippi who have experienced tornado’s and I will pray for the people who need this much needed rain. We got on and off light rain showers yesterday (5-7-26). Our grass in the yard was dying in spots, but the heavenly rain will surely fix that. I always say thank you Lord Jesus for the rain you have given us no matter if it is just a little bit of rain or a ”gully washer”. I’ve also heard ”it’s raining cats and dogs” to. Praise the Lord God for the rain. I love the rain. God bless you all. AMEN
Hi Tipper and Acorns. It’s cold and damp in NE TN. Praise GOD for it. We sure do need out of the drought. Some folks here are still leary of the Helene floods. I keep all of y’all in my prayers for your weather needs. I made a big pot of Cabbage Stew to warm me up. This weather is supposed to hang around for several days. I keep everyone here in and up Wilson Holler my daily, continuous prayers. I love y’all.
Thank you, i live in Jackson Mississippi we have been up since early morning when the sirens went off, so scary.
I hope everyone is okay!
Hey everyone. We got rain all day long yesterday too. Sometimes it was a downpour and sometimes it was a softer misty rain. The grandkids wanted to play out, and the two little ones talked Pap (hubby) into pushing them on the swings when the rain was a little lighter. Of course, it didn’t take much coaxing…he’s a softie when it comes to the grandkids. They all came in hungry—with wet shoes and socks and jackets—but they had fun! It calmed the dust down in the road for a bit and everything is even greener today. I am glad folks got their much-needed rain. Blessings to all.
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This is not exactly the seem but I heard the older folks say after a big rain “the creeks and rivers are so muddy you can see the coon tracks float by.”
Good morning everyone! So nice to see all the happy reports from all those thankful to receive the much needed rain ! A wonderful gift ! Praying for those that are still waiting & for those who got too much! God is good ! Hope everyone has a Blessed day !
Thankful for gullywasher here in NW NC too. Our gardens look happier!
Last night at church, along about 7:30, we heard a strange sound. It took a minute to realize – blessed rain on the roof! How very long it has been once we had heard that! Like others here, I say, Thank the Good Lord! So far, since midnight Tuesday till now at 11:19 Thursday the local weather station reports 3.29″. So glad Randy you got rain. This rain won’t break the back of our current drought but it will stop it worsening for a bit. We were in a 12 to 15″ deficit for the year-to-date.
Summer rain reminds me of being in the barn loft among the fresh hay. The rain brings out the smell. It also brought out the smell of the “petrichor” last night, that earthy smell of hot, dry ground when rain finally comes. That smells like home to me because it smells like countryside. And just think, Tipper, your all’s newly re-connecting road was ready for hard rain – another blessing.
Same here Ron. The one’s that are suppose to be in the know say it will take 20 inches to get completely out of the drought. Usually I couldn’t smell the fresh hay in a barn loft because of sweating and stinking so bad after getting up several hundred bales of it on a hot day! I stunk so bad, buzzards would pass out!
It’s raining right now here in Johnston County, NC. So very thankful for it.
We finally got rain in South Alabama. So far about 3 1/2 inches since midnight. Very much needed. My grass is finally green this morning! It has been brown most of the spring. Our garden looks great. We have about 50 tomato plants and have got our first tomato already.
A happy day it is to see a good rain. So happy y’all got some Tipper. We desperately need some here in my corner of the world – drought conditions are high and the predictions are for a terrible wildfire season and smoke-filled air. It has already started.
We’ve had rain and snow here in Colorado. It snowed and rained yesterday on and off for several hours, but no accumulation here like in other places in the state. We needed it like crazy! Our snow pack is at terrible low levels after a very dry and warm winter; we’ve been in a drought for years. I am so thankful for this latest moisture. It’s sunny this morning and supposed to get up in the high 60s-low 70s this weekend. The grass should green up pretty good. Praise the Lord!
We didn’t get the heavy rain they had predicted for last night but it was a slow gentle rain that had time to soak into the ground. In mountainous terrain heavy rain just runs off and when it does, it carries the nutrient rich soil with it. Organic matter is usually lighter than clay and sand so floats to the top of in puddles. When the puddles break open there goes the good things you have faithfully been adding to your soil.
People who live on flatter terrain don’t see that as much. Their excess rainfall causes the water table to rise and when the ground is saturated it has nowhere to go except about the surface. Since there is less runoff the water often just sits there.
Rain running off too quickly or too slowly, which is worse? Mud and water coursing down the mountainside or just standing there until the mosquitos hatch? We just have to adapt!
I think I understand what you are saying, I am a flatlander, but there is still a lot of runoff after a heavy rain and after the ground gets saturated, there will be poodles/mud holes in the fields. Flatlanders like me do not have to worry very much about mudslides and such. I did get 2 1/2 inches of soaking in rain last night and this morning it hardly made the creek rise.
Shoot, it must have been raining cats and dogs if I’m seeing poodles! My old hound dog will think I have done gone and got him a girlfriend if there’s a poodle around here! It should be puddles.
Hard rain n my area is a Rock Roller
“Raining enough to build an ark.”
We got it too, but not as much as was forecast (2-3″ and we actually got about 1.5″. It was raining steady at 3:30 this morning but faded away around 5:45. It is pretty windy, but the sun is now trying to peek through as I write this at 8:30. We needed rain and am proud to have received it. It rained yesterday afternoon hard. It truly could be classified as a “gully washer” (probably the most used phrase around our house, though have heard/used all). I am proud the pollen has been letting up some and the rain washed most away at least for this morning.
We didn’t get that much rain around here like other locations in KY did. We have been trying to reach a business in Eastern KY that hasn’t had phone or internet service for a while. The owner finally called my sister yesterday to confirm that the new tombstone for our parents had arrived, but it’s still in its transport crate and is unetched due to the heavy rain in the area. I’m praying the path to the mountain- top cemetery isn’t in such bad shape that it will keep them from delivering the stone in time for Memorial Day. The rain was such a blessing for folks like Randy, who needed it so badly.
Blue Ridge sure had that gully washer too! I couldn’t see out the window at one point and the tin roof sure was a singing!
Although it rained all day yesterday, last night at church the heavens opened up with a “gully washer.” Suddenly the room became quiet as we all were listening to a sound from Heaven. Thank God for all the rain. Everyone have a great day!
I’m thankful for the rain we had all of yesterday and it’s still raining this morning. We needed it in our neck of the woods of NC. We’ve been in a drought so hopefully this rain will get us up to good levels. I know looking out this morning both our 50 gallon rain barrels are now full, which is a good sign of some drought relief.
Praise God for your rain; it’s needed everywhere. We have had light showers off and on since yesterday morning, but more off than of. We need a system to come out of the Gulf for us to get soaking rain. Please pray for central Virginia to get rain.
We got snow and y’all got rain. We needed it though so I am thankful for any kind of moisture
Having a gully washer today in Granite Falls, NC. So thankful to see the rain.
Oh what a wonderful feeling to get all that rain! I am most familiar with raining cats and dogs, it’s pouring, or it’s coming down in sheets. Your garden is going to explode! I love a good rain/thunderstorm. Such a comforting sound and feeling.
We have four 80 gallon rain barrels and I have used them everyday to try and keep things alive….but God started the water yesterday afternoon, still raining, and the difference in the garden is nothing short of a miracle. I am so thankful this morning. God is good.
I’ve heard a lot of your sayings for heavy rains. We’ve said a lot of them and also said, “it’s raining bucket loads”. We had our gulley washer here about 2 weeks ago with one day registering 6″ in my gauge & 2″ a couple of days later. Now my field is trying to dry out which will take about a month if we stay dry. Your rain will really help the garden.
Well we certainly got a gully washer here at our farm in Normandy, TN! We have been in a drouth for sure. I had to drive all the way to Nashville for a doctor appointment at Vanderbilt & it rained the whole way. Good thing I know the pig path to the big city instead of taking the interstate! I go slow in my big Ram truck & it was slick roads. Blessings, Allison
We got much needed rain here on very early Tuesday morning and all day during the day into the night. We haven’t had that kind of rain in a while here. Like you all, it was much needed and I believe the grass jumped up over night, which means we’re mowing grass today.
praise God for the rain!! thank you Lord, God bless you friends have a great day
Heavy rain like “ a cow peeing on a flat rock” is one I use to hear.
It’s raining harder than a cow peeing on a flat rock!
Palmetto pounder!
here in the UK said things about heavy rain.
“it’s raining cats and dogs”
“I just saw a duck going down the street ”
“the sky fell out ”
Best wishes Amanda
“it’s raining cats and dogs” and “the sky fell out ” are common here in my part of the USA.
It’s been coming down all night too. At times thundering a good bit.We sure need it. Thank you Lord.
Tipper, we got much needed rain too. In fact, just a hair over two inches. I think I heard everything give a sigh of relief. It’s cold this morning. 37°. It’s hard to believe it’s that cold in May though we’ve seen it before.
Since I can’t get in the garden I think I’ll make strawberry freezer jam this weekend. My husband and I are going to try and put back shocks on his truck. It should get interesting.
I am thankful for the rain. We are blessed in North Ga. I hope South Ga. got it also.
Here it has been raining all night long and forecast to rain most of the morning. I heard gully washer all of my life and many times seen leaves and other things washed out onto the edge of these country back roads I live on. Unlike in town and now these subdivisions where a shower will cause the creeks to flood, it takes a lot of hard rain to cause a gully washer in my neck of the woods because the dirt and trees have not been turned into cement and asphalt. I like to think of Jerry Clower calling these bad thunderstorms “hurrinado” half hurricane and half tornado. I remember from grammar school, rain water has nutrients in it that water from wells and city water does not have. Although I was watering my few tomato plants during the dry weather to keep them alive, they have really taken off after we started getting rain during the two weeks.
I mentioned Jerry Clower, I have been reading about the tornadoes in Mississippi during tonight, please pray for the ones that have lost their homes and other things. Nothing was said about any deaths.