...to wake up, and, as this news-addict does every morning, check various news websites only to find this headline story on CNN...I had heard it was raining at home, but wow- didn't realize it had gotten that bad! And CNN, if you're reading this- when did Fife move five miles south of Tacoma? Last time I checked, it was east of Tacoma.
The CNN story (here) said that some places in western WA had gotten 13 inches of rain Wednesday. I don't think I believe that figure, but the Tacoma News Tribune is floating (pun intended) figures of more than 5 inches in many places. Now, for those of you who aren't familiar with my home state, there certainly are areas that are very prone to flooding where people are pretty used to this year after year. But 5 or more inches in a day? Who can prepare for that? And on top of the 10 inches of snow they had just before Christmas? Yikes.
For those of you who spent the months before I left teasing me about how I was moving to rainy England may I mention that it hasn't rained any significant amount here in weeks...
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