Smoke and Rain

It was supposed to rain early this morning, and boy did it ever. It was a hot day yesterday with highs in the 90s and high humidity with dewpoints in the 70s. I spent most of the day inside working on an upcoming work project, even though I'm still on vacation. I thought about trying to get some sun, but spent most of the afternoon at the computer.

The cold front finally arrived early this morning. I drifted off to sleep around 1 am, only to be awoken at around 2 by the smell of smoke of the sound of thunder. It was raining very heavy, and I swore the house was filling with smoke. I woke up quickly, in a panic thinking that the house had been struck by lightning. I'm not sure why I thought there was smoke in the air, but everything was fine, and I sat up and enjoyed the rain for the next hour. We ended up getting 2.90 inches in just over an hour, wow that was a heavy rain. We sure needed it!

But, while sitting here typing this message, watching Driving Miss Daisy on TV, I heard a drip in the living room. Sure enough, there was water dripping from the archway in our dining room. It's directly below our chimney flue, so I'm guessing because the rain was so heavy that some rain got in and dripped down between the wall. I peered up into the attic but couldn't find anythings, and there aren't any stains in the dryway or ceiling, so it seems to be between the wall. Ugh.