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cathyr19355 at 11:35pm on 29/09/2004
cathyr19355 at 11:35pm on 29/09/2004The flood waters, that is.
Yesterday, it poured rain from about 3:00 p.m. on. I didn't think much of that (it's been common enough this year).
It was still pouring when I went to the train station to catch the 7:15 p.m. train home. After about a 10-minute wait, a train pulled up. However, the conductors then announced that everybody had to find their own way home, because the train was only going one more stop, and all service on the rail line I take home was suspended. Indefinitely. A nearby conductor I tried to pry more details out of claimed that, west of Philadelphia, there were areas of track under a foot of water.
So I wandered back into the rain and tried to hail a cab, with no success. After about 5 minutes of getting wet and accomplishing nothing else, I decided I should give up on getting home temporarily, and get some dinner.
Then I remembered two unfortunate facts. First, I didn't have any insulin with me (a definite necessity for dining, if you're a Type I diabetic). The other was that, although I had a stash of insulin at my nearby office, I had left my after hours key to the office building at home!
Fortunately, I was able to get the attention of a security guard, who believed my tale of woe and let me in without either key or having to show identification (which I could have done). Even more fortunately, my boss was still at the office, equally stranded, and had already obtained a ride with one of our mutual colleagues, who had room in his car for me. Bless them both. :-)
Today, most of the major arteries into Philadelphia were still closed, and the rail line was down till at least noon (this time because a tree had fallen across the tracks during the storm). So I gave up on getting to the office and worked from home. Much dryer, and more productive.
They say we got between 5 and 8 inches of rain last night (it varies with which part of the area you're talking about), and a small twister touched down in Southern New Jersey. However, the worst seems to be over (though we're still supposed to get showers off and on until the weekend).
Yesterday, it poured rain from about 3:00 p.m. on. I didn't think much of that (it's been common enough this year).
It was still pouring when I went to the train station to catch the 7:15 p.m. train home. After about a 10-minute wait, a train pulled up. However, the conductors then announced that everybody had to find their own way home, because the train was only going one more stop, and all service on the rail line I take home was suspended. Indefinitely. A nearby conductor I tried to pry more details out of claimed that, west of Philadelphia, there were areas of track under a foot of water.
So I wandered back into the rain and tried to hail a cab, with no success. After about 5 minutes of getting wet and accomplishing nothing else, I decided I should give up on getting home temporarily, and get some dinner.
Then I remembered two unfortunate facts. First, I didn't have any insulin with me (a definite necessity for dining, if you're a Type I diabetic). The other was that, although I had a stash of insulin at my nearby office, I had left my after hours key to the office building at home!
Fortunately, I was able to get the attention of a security guard, who believed my tale of woe and let me in without either key or having to show identification (which I could have done). Even more fortunately, my boss was still at the office, equally stranded, and had already obtained a ride with one of our mutual colleagues, who had room in his car for me. Bless them both. :-)
Today, most of the major arteries into Philadelphia were still closed, and the rail line was down till at least noon (this time because a tree had fallen across the tracks during the storm). So I gave up on getting to the office and worked from home. Much dryer, and more productive.
They say we got between 5 and 8 inches of rain last night (it varies with which part of the area you're talking about), and a small twister touched down in Southern New Jersey. However, the worst seems to be over (though we're still supposed to get showers off and on until the weekend).
relieved
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Eric was pleased to be able to eat lunch with me, so it all worked out for the best.
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Safe and Dry
My basement, Ghod bless, was dry as a bone when I got home, and has remained so.
I have a wonderful basement. I did my pre-purchase inspection on the house in a pouring downpour. No water. The only times I had water in the basement were when things *inside* the house broke (i.e., water heater, air conditioner condenser unit, waterbed mattress).
Do you remember that day in September 1999 when we got 11 inches of rain in a single day? I saw about 2 tablespoons of water in my basement. That was it.
As for safe traveling, the rain had stopped by mid-morning Wednesday; I stayed home mostly to avoid wasting most of the day in traffic. (Though today it rained again...a little).