most rain i've seen here in a day was about 6 inches. the ground here is solid clay so my yard was like a river. couldn't imagine 17 inches. (thats what she said)
Welcome to our world. We dont get that kind of rain often, but it happens once in a while. Hurricanes dump that kind of rain on the east side quite often, but like this incident, it is a small area that gets the most rain. The difference is that where this incident was localized (17" in a small area and almost none around it), in the hurricanes, you usually have a large area (maybe a 100 miles across) getting a lot of rain also. Not as much as the small localized area, but still 6"-10" is common.
