it rained today. well, no, it didn't just rain. that would be an understatement. it poured sheets of rain. at rush hour. fun.

i started a new job this week which has a little bit of a commute. it's typically 20-30 minutes which really isn't too bad for a major city, but it's a bit longer than i'm used to. it would be longer if i had to go in at peak time, like 8am. thankfully i don't.

anyway, it took about 70 minutes to get home this evening. the lightening took out some stop lights. more amazingly, the water was overrunning the curbs in several places. that's a large amount of water. i tried to take a picture or two, but they didn't come out well enough to keep.

bonus: the rain washed off the voluminous bird poo that my truck has accumulated while parked out under the trees in front of my new workplace. score!