I am kind of cynical of weather reporters (and the TV news in general), so when the forecasters got all worked up over the storm that they predicted for today, I didn't really take them seriously. It's kind of a joke that the first few drops of rain always initiate a "stormwatch," right?
Well today they were not kidding. Heavy rain started sometime before 5 am, and it didn't let up a hair until around 5pm. Almost 4 inchces of rain in Oakland today! I saw no fewer than 10 car crashes, including 3 overturned cars and a big rig whose entire cab was over the center divide! Standing water everywhere in the freeway made it extra-treacherous. So I went home early.
Looks like the worst has passed, though. Maybe we'll get our October Summer now?
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