Bucketing Rain, 27 Nov 2012

Yesterday morning it was BUCKETING rain when I got up. I heard later from others that there had also been a loud and bright thunderstorm, which I completely missed. My little apartment is on the ground floor so the only thing I've heard at night is Aggie the yowling cat. (I think she's sad the undergrads have all gone for the summer.) Someone at work said she (this person, not that cat) was walking down the street and there was a crack of thunder so loud it set of all the nearby car alarms and lightning so strong she could feel it crackling in the air. Time to look for cover in the nearest building?

I decided I'd wait for it to let up a bit before I walked over to the dining hall for breakfast because the rain usually doesn't last that long here (in my 3 weeks of experience). This would also be why I haven't bothered to buy an umbrella. Well, that and they don't seem to keep my that much more dry than a rain coat. It let up, I went to breakfast, came back, and more buckets of rain.I started to think maybe an umbrella would be a good idea. Since I didn't have a meeting until 1030, I just worked at home and waited for it to let up. And waited. And waited. Finally when I set off to work about 10a it had settled to a few drips here and there. When I got off the elevator at work, this is the sight that greeted me:
Maybe it's time to take the hint.