Yes, today was quite the flooding experience. I woke up to a very dark room that made me want to roll over and not go to class. However, the little voice inside my head made me get up and go to class.
I ventured out in the pouring rain, not by choice. I trudged to the car, got soaking wet, and drove to class. Leaving the complex was more difficult that I had anticipated. You see, the rain had already accumulated on the roads. Let’s put it this way: I couldn’t see the prominent speed bumps usually spotted a mile away.
Driving to class was pretty scary. I mistakenly drove in the right hand lane where Lake Texas A&M decided to overflow (*Note: There isn’t really a “Lake Texas A&M”. I simply devised that title to be funny and make a point.) and quickly regretted my decision. I was having a hard time navigating through the water, going less than 15mph. Water was flying everywhere just like the cars on the news they show so you know what not to do. Yeah, totally me this morning.
Tabitha didn’t make it out of the apartment complex this morning. She tried to drive through Lake Woodlands (*Note: this is another made-up title for comedic effect.) but was suddenly in over her head, so to speak, where her car shut itself off from too much water. Therefore, she pulled into a parking space and had to take the bus to class. Miserable.
So it rained. And it rained. And it rained some more. This wasn’t the typical College Station rainy day, mind you. Usually it’ll rain all day at a steady pace, sometimes reaching hard raid status and sometimes calming down to a glorified sprinkle. But today, it poured for over 8 hours straight. There was even thunder accompanying this batch. Official rain totals came in at about 5 inches. Whoa.
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