stop calling it monsoons!!
*grrr* Some mornings I just want to blow up the local morning show people. They must think that nobody watches their show, so they can say the dumbest things.
For starters, the storm yesterday and this morning came from the northwest and drifted southeast. This is NOT the normal direction of monsoons (they come from either the east or south). Arizona Daily Star at least have the common sense to call it "storm front".
Yet again, this morning, the local weather yahoo kept saying monsoon.
Part stupid on my part, and part tempting fate, I decided to leave my big good umbrella home. Since I was so sure I could get into work before it rained, I also wore the outfit I had set out yesterday. Since it was pouring rain yesterday morning after I got out of the shower, I changed into my cowboy boots and wide ankle pants.
Got a couple miles into the drive in, and it started to rain. Got the last two miles to work, and it starts pouring. The streets I have to cross to get to my building intersect where the runoff pours down to a wash area. Almost curb to curb running water at a good clip, and the water is about six inches deep.
Yesterday, boots proved to be waterproof. Took my time wading in the water while it ran over my boots.
Today, suede mules weren't waterproof. In my attempts to quickly tiptoe through the water got the shoes completely wet, and my socks as well. As well as about three inches up my pants. And my little spare umbrella I keep in my car offered no protection to my backpack.
*sigh* Feels like a Monday when I get to the lab in such a wet soggy state.
For starters, the storm yesterday and this morning came from the northwest and drifted southeast. This is NOT the normal direction of monsoons (they come from either the east or south). Arizona Daily Star at least have the common sense to call it "storm front".
Yet again, this morning, the local weather yahoo kept saying monsoon.
Part stupid on my part, and part tempting fate, I decided to leave my big good umbrella home. Since I was so sure I could get into work before it rained, I also wore the outfit I had set out yesterday. Since it was pouring rain yesterday morning after I got out of the shower, I changed into my cowboy boots and wide ankle pants.
Got a couple miles into the drive in, and it started to rain. Got the last two miles to work, and it starts pouring. The streets I have to cross to get to my building intersect where the runoff pours down to a wash area. Almost curb to curb running water at a good clip, and the water is about six inches deep.
Yesterday, boots proved to be waterproof. Took my time wading in the water while it ran over my boots.
Today, suede mules weren't waterproof. In my attempts to quickly tiptoe through the water got the shoes completely wet, and my socks as well. As well as about three inches up my pants. And my little spare umbrella I keep in my car offered no protection to my backpack.
*sigh* Feels like a Monday when I get to the lab in such a wet soggy state.
posted by Jenn @ 07:55
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