The dangers of automation

That was some storm that just passed through here. And through it all, we could hear the "tik tik tik" of our neighbor's new automatic sprinkler, going full blast as the rain poured down.

Shanna reports on the storm from East Cambridge:

... My workspace faces away from our windows, so I could enjoy the sound of the rain without being distracted by the view outside. Here and there a flash of lightning reflected off of the unused glass (interior) door in front of me, but overall the storm seemed relatively quiet.

Until, of course, I nearly fell out of my seat in response to a roar of thunder roughly equivalent in volume to a 747 engine lodged into one's skull. ...

Be: We so needed a good, soaking storm like this.