P365 Day 161: Waterlogged
[Edit: Here's more info about the flood.]
I thought I was going to go out tonight. Paul and I had planned on seeing a movie and getting some Christmas shopping done. Then everything flooded.
Three inches of rain is no big deal when you live on a bluff (Memphis). But when you live in a city that's at sea level, everything's different. Most of the streets on the peninsula were under various levels of water, and Paul came home early from work while the roads were still passable.
This picture is out the back of our apartment, on the Wando River side, a couple of hours after low tide. High tide is right about now, but it's too dark to see how much the water has risen. No matter to us; our apartment is a couple of feet off the ground. No idea, however, if the cars in the parking lot are flooded. Sigh.
At least it's not snowing. As much as I love a good snowball fight, I never could wrap my head around how poorly Memphis drivers handled snow. We never (ever) have to worry about that here.
posted by Kate at 9:22 PM
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2 Comments:
Welcome to the joy of flooding. It is amazing how poorly Florida drivers handle torrenting rain and floods too. Hope it's not the same in "Chucktown"
I think "chucktown" is better about it, but only because it quote-unquote floods here fairly regularly. As in - when it's high tide, it isn't uncommon to see 5-6 inches worth of water is odd places. If it happens to be raining, its time to find the high-water route.
I was smart, left early from school and apparently just in time. This is probably going to happen all winter because of the el nino in full effect.
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