Deluge

I had a morning meeting and got pretty wet on the way back to my car.  Then on the road home, the clouds really let go.  As usual, the roads were slow to drain and cars left rooster tails and wakes.  But I did get home.  I noticed that rain lilies had popped up only to be beaten down by the rain.  The birds mostly didn't venture out, but a wet squirrel did.  The newspaper said we were experiencing an "atmospheric river," just like California.  The National Weather Service said we got over an inch of rain.