A rainy day can be refreshing and a walk in the rain (with the right person) can be romantic. Although, rain is necessary and an inevitable environmental occurrence. Sometimes when we have rainy weather, Dufferin County can experience flooding. The rain we’ve been having for the past couple of days reminded me of this photo that we have in our collection in the archives at the Dufferin County Museum. The photo is of the flood on John Street in Orangeville in 1890. Written on the back of this photo is "One of the worst floods in the history of Orangeville took place on June 5, 1890 when, following a cloudburst, the Mill Stream overflowed its banks causing bad flooding of centre town and considerable property damage. This scene is at the CPR John Street crossing. The three persons in the front are (left to right) Mrs. Margaret (Nicholson) Dahl (mother of Walter Dahl), Orange Jull and Mrs....