Oy, What a Mess!

[bjarvis]

I've been in the data center for several hours but have been too busy to write much. I'm awaiting the results of some system tests so this seems like a good a time as any...

The drive to work this evening was horrendous: we've had incredibly electrical storms and heavy rain for a couple of hours, including flash flood alerts for every county around DC until 10:30 PM. During a short break, I listened to the television news in the staff lounge which showed a long list of road closures due to high water, including two lates of southbound I270. PEPCO's outage maps online show electrical outages in Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Wheaton, Olney and north-west Silver Spring although our home seems to have escaped it as my server is still responding. North-east DC and parts of Prince George's County adjacent to DC seem to be without electricity, as well as Fort Washington to the south.

Looking outside currently, it seems the worst has moved on so I'm hoping for a reasonably gentle commute home.

Comments

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

Another DC friend in Capitol Hill told me that there were lots of downed trees and massive hail damage where he was...viewed as he was walking his dog after the storm. Oxymoronic, a bit.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

I heard radio reports of extreme nastiness in the south end of DC. Fortunately for us, we live off the north end so we missed the worst.

[cuyahogarvr.livejournal.com]

Happy and I drove through torrential downpours on the way back home. Lots of standing water and many cars that had obviously hydroplaned into the Jersey walls. We went through a puddle on the GW Parkway that nearly consumed Prius.

But, we had 2 SQUARES at C1!

[kent4str.livejournal.com]

The power flickered a few times, but that's all. And no high winds at our place, either. Rather disappointing, even if the light(ening) show was rather nice.

[weekilter.livejournal.com]

Does See and Pee not provide your electricity or is that only on parts of MD?