This is what happens when they try to repair a dirt road in monsoon season

[JBW]

[TonyW]

I am very sympathetic. We have a 650 metre gravel driveway, steep in places, and it only takes a couple of thunder storms to wash it away badly.

Not a bad picture though.

[JBW]

I am very sympathetic. We have a 650 metre gravel driveway, steep in places, and it only takes a couple of thunder storms to wash it away badly.

Not a bad picture though.

that is one long driveway.
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[rpcrowe]

Brian, I suspect that very few people who have not visited the P.I. can comprehend the deluge of rain that comes along for days on end during the monsoon season. I have lived in and visited many countries in South East Asia and have never seen the equal of the rains in the Philippines...

[flashback]

We used to dread the daily, afternoon deluge in the PI. Rained like crazy and then, the sun would come out and the humidity would actually get worse. But some of the best lightening shows I've ever seen were in the PI. And of course power throughout Olangapo City would go out but that only added to the ambiance.

[Shadowman]

Nice shot.

[JBW]

Brian, I suspect that very few people who have not visited the P.I. can comprehend the deluge of rain that comes along for days on end during the monsoon season. I have lived in and visited many countries in South East Asia and have never seen the equal of the rains in the Philippines...

measured 14 CM in 1 1/2 hours.

[JBW]

We used to dread the daily, afternoon deluge in the PI. Rained like crazy and then, the sun would come out and the humidity would actually get worse. But some of the best lightening shows I've ever seen were in the PI. And of course power throughout Olangapo City would go out but that only added to the ambiance.

the lightning can be truly awesome. As we live at 400 MASL sometimes we are close enough to the thunder cloud to hear the crackling and to smell the electricity.
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[IzzieK]

We used to dread the daily, afternoon deluge in the PI. Rained like crazy and then, the sun would come out and the humidity would actually get worse. But some of the best lightening shows I've ever seen were in the PI. And of course power throughout Olangapo City would go out but that only added to the ambiance.

It is the humidity after the rain that is really very good to the plants but not so much on me...and from your account here, I can guess you were in the Navy? Olongapo City is an R&R place of the PI while Cavite is the ship repair place.

[IzzieK]

We used to dread the daily, afternoon deluge in the PI. Rained like crazy and then, the sun would come out and the humidity would actually get worse. But some of the best lightening shows I've ever seen were in the PI. And of course power throughout Olangapo City would go out but that only added to the ambiance.

It is the humidity after the rain that is really very good to the plants but not so much on me...and from your account here, I can guess you were in the Navy? Olongapo City is an R&R place of the PI while Cavite is the ship repair place.