lazypadawan | OT: Tales Of The Rainpocalypse

It's been raining at Casa De Lazypadawan since Sunday. At first it was a wimpy but annoying and occasionally foggy rain, then it just DUMPED this morning. I know that when you get bad Pacific storms, it just rains and rains and rains. Well, this was bad and this is from someone who had lived on the East Coast for 26 years. I've seen downpours and cloudbursts before that were so heavy, if I were driving I'd have to pull over to the side of the road because I couldn't see.

The difference is that in Florida and in Virginia, those kinds of downpours lessen up after a few minutes. This dump-o-thon went on and on, complete with "gentle breezes" that made me feel like I was driving in a hurricane. There was standing water all over the place and on the freeway, the splashes went over my car. I've had to drive in snow and worse yet, in ice, and this was about as scary as driving in any of those conditions.

At work the roof and windows were leaking. I kept checking the parking lot to make sure it wasn't flooding.

The rain stopped by the time it was ready to go home but one of the major waterways that goes through my area flooded and they had to shut down a bunch of roads, causing much chaos and my getting home 45 minutes later than usual. Thank goodness a lot of people are apparently off from work since it's the week of Christmas, or else I'd really been screwed.

Hey, it's coming your way, Middle America! Enjoy your White Christmas!