There have been a few sudden downpours since I’ve been here, and I do have to be aware when I leave home if it’s looking overcast, to close the windows because the rain comes in onto the lounge.
It’s similar to when I was in Merida last year, the streets very quickly become covered with water. There seems to be 2 reasons, firstly there are no drains at the edges of the roadway, and secondly, rain falling onto the house roof gushes out of a spout directly onto the ground instead of being carried to drainage pipes underground. The rain usually only lasts half an hour and it doesn’t take too long for the water to drain away, unlike Merida where it sometimes took days. I still remember the day I first arrived in Merida during a sudden downpour, the gutters filled rapidly and every vehicle that passed the house brought a new wave of dirty water surging over the footpath and straight into the house. My landlady fought a valiant but losing battle with her mop and bucket, and every time it rained there I had water in those front 2 rooms.
At least here I’m on the 2nd floor and only get rain inside through open windows.
It reminds me of our beach house Lynne.. We have to remind people to shut the windows when it rains.. hard to believe when you live in a place like Canberra.
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