The rains I reported earlier have continued... in fact according to news reports, some parts of Houston have received as much as a foot of rain over the last 24 hours; certainly there was rain, thunder and lightning for much of the night last night. When we got up there was the usual scramble to get exercised and showered and dressed in time to leave; a slow journey to Dave's work showed a lot of road flooding and high water everywhere.
However, it was only on my onward journey to work that the true magnitude of the situation revealed itself - I saw utility vehicles up to their roofs in water; Clay Road shut to all traffic with a few cars mournfully stranded in the high water;
deer struggling through knee-high water near the roadway; car after car abandoned after attempting too deep a crossing...
Close to work I had to go through my worst yet; a dip in the road where water must have come at least a third of the way up the car's doors. Having nowhere else to go I went through it, to the applause of some onlookers!
About a block from work I had occasion to look at my phone, where I found a message from earlier - classes were cancelled and the office was shut for the day. I promptly turned around to make my way home again, getting to within about five minutes of the house before being turned back and having to retrace my tracks for another 45 minutes to get around the high water on Highway 6... having left the house just before 8am, I was back inside shortly after 11am. I intend to stay here.
Note: I think I've managed about the worst pun possible in the title, but if anyone's got another to share - Dad, I'm looking at you - let's hear them ;)
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" think I've managed about the worst pun possible in the title, but if anyone's got another to share - Dad, I'm looking at you - let's hear them ;)"There once was a time when I couldn't resist such a challenge, but now my inspiration is all dried up. I stayed up until the candles were guttering, but then I had to drop the idea. Since I retired I've tried to channel my energies into better things, and it would be too much of a drain on my batteries! My rain as king of the puns is over! You could try my brother and ask can Al do any better.
I thought of titles like "Kathryn and the rivers runoff at the mouth!" but I didn't think that would do. So I will cheerfully concede that "floody hell" was pretty good! : )
bravo!
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