Soggy Blog
06/26 02:33 PM
Mother Nature has been throwing her weight around in our neighborhood. National Airport got more than five inches of rain in a 24-hour period. We went out for dinner last night and never got home. When we emerged from the restaurant, the water was up over the curb and rising fast. Even the quick run to the car drenched us. The street we usually take home was closed. The alternate route was hilly — and every dip represented a fast-moving river. After a number of hair-raising crossings we made it to our street only to find that it too was blocked off. The policeman on duty shouted over the driving rain that in all his years of service, he’d never seen anything like it. “There are people trapped in cars down there that we can’t even get to.”
We were able to get to hotel and get a room for the night. The staff kindly provided us with toothbrushes and toothpaste and we reflected gratefully that having to sleep in our clothes in a warm, dry, comfortable hotel room was hardly a catastrophe. It didn’t even rise to the level of misfortune. Still, it does remind you of your total vulnerability to the fates. At any moment, things can get unpredictably dangerous, and prudence and care take you only so far.
Well, that’s all for now. Must dry out.
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