The answer has less to do with the rain itself, and more to do with what happens in your yard afterward. If you’ve lived through a Birmingham summer, you’ve probably had this experience. A thunderstorm rolls through in the afternoon. The air cools off just enough to make sitting outside sound appealing. You pour a
That mound at the edge of the soccer field isn’t new. It was there all along — the rain just made it visible. It’s a scene that plays out on fields and in backyards across the Birmingham area every summer. A kid sprints toward the ball, cuts left, and suddenly stops — not because of