July 8, 2013 will be a day that few people who live in the GTA will soon forget. It started off as just another hot and humid day, but by 4:00 p.m., just as the rush hour was about to begin Mother Nature showed us just how powerful she is. Within two hours we got 126 mm of rain. That's more rain than Hurricane Hazel brought to the city back in 1954. The rain stranded downtown commuters as the roadways quickly looked like lakes. The DVP filled up with water until it was level with the Don River. A GO Train filled with over 1,400 passengers got stuck in the water and threatened to topple over. If that wasn't bad enough, snakes (I would hope they were the harmless garden variety) could be seen floating by in the murky water. After being stranded for over 5 and 1/2 hours on that train the police marine unit came and rescued the passengers one by one. The TTC quickly had to be shut down as the water levels rose on track level and platforms. At one point during the storm more than 300,000 customers were without power. It's now just over 24 hours later and 70,000 customers are still without power and there are rolling blackouts. Another storm warning has just been issued.
But after all of the rain, heat and humidity I got out to visit my garden. I have never seen it so lush and tropical. Above you can see a Lily has bravely poked it's head out from under the rose bush. The the Hostas are blooming beautifully.
As promised in my previous post here is a better photo of the cob of corn. The 4 plants are taller than our fence right now.
The zucchini have almost completely taken over the garden. There are many zucchini ready to be picked just as soon as it gets dry enough to get in there. The broccoli is also ready but the cauliflower seems to be all leaves at the moment.
I've now picked two of the patio tomatoes. The cherry tomatoes are just starting to change colour and should be ready in a day or two if we get some much needed sun.
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