and the skies have tumbled down

Dear God... what a day. The weather has gone batshit. It had been raining heavily since yesterday morning - then it turned into a massive thunderstorm that raged unabated for most of the night. I barely got any sleep after 4 a.m. due to the racket it was making (and the super-bright lightning flashes). The day started out dark, gloomy and very wet. I felt like a zombie and could barely drag myself out of bed. Then it got worse. I got ready for work and walked outside... into a pandemonium of rush-hour traffic stalling for miles in every direction. I spent over an hour just standing at the bus stop, watching the barely moving cars and the lone bus looming in the distance. I called my boss and left a message saying I was going to be late (no real clue HOW late, at that point). Finally I got on the bus, but it continued to crawl at a snail's pace pretty much all the way to the transit center. Another hour or so. FINALLY I got on the train (which was faster) and made it to the other transit center, from where I take another bus directly to the office. It was around 10:20 at that point, and the next bus wasn't scheduled until 10:50. So I decided to just walk from there (it's about 30 minutes on foot). Well, I didn't get very far. The next major intersection was completely flooded. As in, fully UNDER WATER, with a lone car floating somewhere in the middle. So I figured that didn't bode very well for walking... or for taking the bus either, for that matter. How do I know the bus is even running today, or what detour it might be taking, and whether said detour includes our office location?... There was no way to tell. So I called the boss again, leaving another message to the effect that I made I this far, but now I am going to be sensible and take the next train back home. Well, as soon as I got on the train, my boss called me back, saying that she was glad I was on my way home, since there is no electricity in the building and the office has just closed for the day. She also said to call in tomorrow morning and make sure it is open before I get ready to leave. I mean... WOW. O_O

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