It's a bit wet over here...

Apparently I'm crazy for running outside to photograph the storm...

aeliel: Where's your survival instinct?
morsla: It's a species survival thing. If I can serve as a warning to others, I've done all I need to...

There is water cascading down the (internal) stairs outside our door. Four levels up, water is pouring out through the light fittings and smoke detectors: the roof cavity must have flooded, much like the road.

More ( behind the cut )

And some ( pictures of hailstones... )

I'm fascinated by the cross-sections of shattered hailstones - they show all the growth periods, where the ice has been flung higher into the clouds. Some of them have five or six growth rings in them, and are as big as a 20c piece.