Rainstorm

I had a great Friday night last night, it was a girls night with teachers from school. We had drinks at Soho and then dinner at Bombay Dreams - fantastic Indian food. It was good company and a fun night. There was a huge thunderstorm during dinner, for about the 3rd night in a row.

The other night the thunder was literally shaking the buildings, I've never heard anything like it. And the lightening was like a strobe light. I took a video of the patch of sky I can see between buildings, but of course it's not nearly as spectacular as the real thing.

Anyway last night's storm was a doozy, but it had more or less passed by 11.30 when I was ready to go home. I should have caught a taxi, but instead bought an umbrella from 7-eleven and walked, since it's really not that far.

I almost drowned! The thunder and lightening passed, but the volume of water being dumped on the streets was massive! I had to take my shoes off and wade all the way home. The top half of me was only wet (thanks to the brolly) but the bottom half looked like I had just climbed out of a pool.

I did notice that not many others were braving the weather. The bars were all still full but no one was coming out in the rain. That's because - as I only found out AFTER I got saturated - it was a Red Rainstorm warning. You aren't really meant to go outside in a red warning! The warnings for rain are Amber (be careful and don't go out if you don't need to), Red (serious rain, stay inside!) and Black (shops and schools close). Oops.