In the rain

Tony Heavner holds an umbrella over the grill as he and his girlfriend April Mullins cook dinner outside their home in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman

We’ve received a tremendous amount of rainfall in Oklahoma City over the last month. We’ve been photographing people in the rain, cars caught up in flash floods, and tragically, a drowning during a flash flood at Lightning Creek on the city’s south side. These are a few of the pictures that, for one reason or another, didn’t make it into the newspaper.

An Oklahoma City firefighter uses a pole to search water in Lightning Creek near SW 28 and Broadway. Oklahoma City firefighters and nearby residents searched the receding waters of Lightning Creek in south Oklahoma City Tuesday morning, July 7, 2010, searching for the body of a 13-year old boy who was swept away by the creek's flooding waters yesterday afternoon. The boy's body was recovered in the Oklahoma River shortly before 10:30 a.m. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman

Abel Borrego mops muddy water from the floor of the living room in his house on the east bank of Lightning Creek near SW 28 and Santa Fe. Residents cleaned homes and yards in the area near Lightning Creek in south Oklahoma City, Friday, July 9, 2010. Heavy rains last night caused the creek to overflow its banks, flooding the areas on both sides of the creek. Staff Photo by Jim Beckel , The Oklahoman

Oklahoma City firefighters rescue a motorist after he ignored a roadblock and drove in to flood waters on SW 29th near Robinson in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma July 8 , 2010. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman

-John Clanton

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