The Banshee and the Flood

This week we seem to be having some rain of Biblical proportions, which has more than once threatened to rise up over the edge of our patio & try to storm the castle. However, as you can see from our apparently-less-than-accurate barometer it is truly only partly cloudy, so no cause for panic yet.

Being new to Yuba City, I am not sure if this is normal for them, or if I will get laughed at if I head outside to start bailing out the patio with my popcorn bowl (the largest bowl I currently have). To be on the safe side I am going to give it a few more inches before I start bailing.

The banshee on the other hand I am pretty sure is not normal. On Monday I was minding my own business and working on the computer, when from the back patio came a horrific noise, some kind of unholy cross between an air raid siren and a very sad lady screaming her lungs out. It went away pretty quickly so I was not too worried. Then it came back. Then it came back again and continued every 1.5 to 2 minutes for pretty much the entire past 3 days. I checked to make sure there was no person in distress by the bus stop right outside, and have concluded that this is a rain banshee that will hopefully go away next week when the rain finally goes away. Andrew heard it a bit the other night and was impressed since he didn't really believe me at first as to the sheer volume and nastiness of the sound. We have been trying to record it to post but have had no luck so far.