Long day today 01-19-10

This photo is just for atmosphere - it was not taken today, but in June 2005 on a highway in Colorado. Today's rain was 100X as heavy!
This morning I was in San Clemente at the board meeting and then had lunch down there. That put me right in the middle of the 'weather spectacular' - tornado warnings and all! I wasn't sure if I was going to drown, blow away, be smashed by a falling tree or just flip my lid and run for the hills! The rain was comparable to what I experienced in Missouri and Indiana a few years ago - 2004 and 2007 - which chased me off the Interstate to find a place to hideout until the storm cell blew through. I almost got off I-5 at Junipero Serra, but there are a lot of trees just off the right side of the road and they were whipping like they were doing a St. Vitus dance. I was afraid the branches, or even the whole trees, would come down on me. Everyone was just crawling along, so I just crawled along with them. Big wreck at I-5 and Jamboree, so I got off at Culver and cut over to Irvine Blvd and thence up Jamboree. I frequently take Jamboree when I am traveling at high traffic times and I knew it would be clear. And it was. The sun came out and I had to put on my sunglasses. So much wetness - the glare was terrible. More of the same is predicted for tomorrow. AND Thursday. Rainy, stormy days are good to stay home and sew - right?
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