We do too but my grass sure needed what ever it could hold.
The house came with automatic sprinklers and some were broken so I shut them off altogether. I thought I was going to have to call the sprinkler people to turn them on again.
There’s a red cell about the size of my Jeep rolling thru - I counted 19 drops on my front walk - and the weather idiots just issued this BS:
***Special Weather Statement***
Special Weather Statement in effect until 8:00 PM EDT. Source: U.S. National Weather Service
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS AFFECTING THE AREA...
AT 723 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEARLAKE MEADE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHTHIS STORM.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EAST BERLIN AROUND 730 PM EDT. YORK AIRPORT AROUND 750 PM EDT. YORK...WEIGELSTOWN...SHILOH...WEST YORK...GRANTLEY...EMIGSVILLE...DOVER AND NORTH YORK AROUND 800 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE HARRISBURGINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...SKI ROUNDTOP SKI AREA...NEWBERRYTOWN...YORKHAVEN...ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE...THREE MILE ISLAND...LEWISBERRY...PENNSTATE HARRISBURG...ABBOTTSTOWN AND GOLDSBORO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES... THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 250 AND 263. INTERSTATE 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 19 AND 35.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEADTO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.