Dear Blick, NoWait, and WeatherCat station caregivers,
I was rushing to get the house ready for the next storm when I noticed a few leaves stuck in the collector cone of my rain gauge. After uttering the obligatory expletives, I rushed up to see what was going on. What had happened was too cute not to photograph:
As you can see, the leaves aren't in contact with the collector cone at all. Instead they are snared in the spider web that has sprung up on the East side of the cone. That web isn't alone:
You can see the raindrops starting to populate both spider webs. Here is one last photo:
We are supposed to have a stormy week, so eventually the winds will remove the leaves, but the spider webs may hang on for a bit. After all, spider web is stronger than steel of the same weight!
Cheers, Edouard