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I was working with the instructor during class and heard it start pissing down outside.  While I was folding my hakama, the judo guys were trickling in, and I mean trickling.  They were soaked through and forming puddles wherever they stood.

I get around the corner from the room and the water running down the stairs outside was rising against the outside doors until it was up on the glass (like 5 cm or so), running through the cracks between the doors, leaving a centimeter or so standing in the entry way and rushing under the second set of doors into the hallway.  They were getting the shop vac out and trying to clear the grate there when I went to change.

I got off the #6 bus at 99th and Whyte to transfer to my next bus.  The water running south down 99th was level with the curb in the right lane although it wasn't that deep across the entire road.  The northwest corner of the intersection, where the grate meets the sidewalk, had a deep pool of water around it and a miniature maelstrom about 30cm across centered on the grate.  Given the depth of the water it was giving small compact cars pause before turning right there.

I'm wondering if anyone was kayaking down the Whitemud tonight?

Date: 2006-06-16 07:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] purplecthulhu.livejournal.com
At least it wasn't hail!

Date: 2006-06-16 01:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] handslive.livejournal.com
One of the guys in the club actually mentioned the last big hail storm we had. Watching the water pour in through the door reminded him of the water pouring into his basement during that particular storm, I guess.

But, yeah, I'm glad it wasn't hail, too.

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