The Old Man is Snoring

And what makes the old man snore? We finally got some rain. And it was a heck of a storm! At around 9PM it hit. I had to get into the car and go pick Cory up from the mall. The minute I stepped out my door, I knew I was in trouble. It was coming down in sheets, and I couldn't see 10 feet in front of me. But, I had no choice, I had to get Cory. So with a prayer and fingers crossed, I took off.

It had only been raining for minutes, but the streets were already flooded if that will give you an idea of the magnitude of this storm. I was driving without being able to see. I was shaking and SCARED! I did manage to drive like a reasonable person though, in spite of all that unusual wet stuff falling around me. I could see headlights, and I could see streetlights and stoplights and THAT WAS IT! The whole time I was cursing my beloved son under my breath, and repeating my prayer over and over, A reasonable person would have pulled over. Not ME! I just kept driving. You see, the mall was closed, and the idea of my baby out in this was a stronger motivator than common sense.

Of course, I ran into road construction, and my left turn was closed. The sign was down, and arguably, I could have made the turn and gotten away with it. But I chose to drive on and circle back. I finally got to the mall, and the boys were nowhere to be found. CRAP! I was sure they had gotten on the bus and I had driven in that deluge for no reason. After asking around, I finally found them.

Fortunately by now, it was just raining hard. I can handle that. We headed home, but I had to drop friends off first. I turn onto the street I needed, only to find it flooded. And I had to just keep going. Backing up into a major street wasn't an option. Some clever bystander took my picture as I drove into the flood with water up to my car doors.

Remember my comments the other day about idiots getting stuck in flooded areas? I take it all back!!!!!

All the retention basins are full. Some to overflowing. Trees are down. And it is supposed to rain for a few more hours. The streets are full of debris, and the sidewalks are covered with rocks from yards flooding. This is a good old fashioned frog-strangler of a storm.

This may seem like a whole lot of little to those of you who live where it rains more than once a year and only a drizzle then. But for us.......This is EXTRAORDINARY!