The perpetual Austin rain has caused my very first car accident in six years.
Better yet, it was on my way to a FREE showing of Spiderman 2. Even with the record speed with which my accident was handled (the other fellow, bless him, didn’t even bother waiting for the cops, and the accident was my fault, discounting the bloody goddamned soapstone roads in this godbeloved/godforsaken city), I still made it to the theater an hour late, only getting to the part where Doc Oc gets his tentacles.
I mean, apart from that I had a splendid night! Spiderman was awesome, and the rain FUCKING WELL STOPPED after I got out of the theater, giving us this beautiful gorgeous sunlit evening with which I quietly cursed, driving to dinner in my rent-a-car.
The catered dinner and the incredible 1983 Opus wine mostly made up for it, though.
Still…the deductible for my babydoll is only $500, which is really quite nice as far as insurance goes, but it’s just money I don’t have. And the damage to my front end is probably going to be at least that. Hood and bumper and grille at the VERY least will need replacing, and the tow truck guy thought I was leaking antifreeze. This is not the time of month for this kind of disaster; I have a paycheck coming, but most of it’s going to rent. I don’t have nearly $500 in savings; I have about $50. I might be able to swing a loan from my parents, but my credit is so bad I’d have to mortgage a kidney to get a dime from my bank.
So yes indeed, if you were on 360 and Las Cimas at 4:30 this afternoon, that was my divine little Focus there all crunched up. The uber-secretary-of-God for my company (<3 Michelle!) saw me out there and offered me her sincerest sympathies when she saw me at dinner; it felt quite nice, but not as nice as this 800 mg of motrin…mmm
Denmark here. Yep rain rain rain. At least 14 days now. No end in sight.
Perhaps God finally got enough of our stupidity and decided to start another flood. But hey! Wasn’t there something about a promise to Noah? Reminds me, it’s been a while since I last saw a rainbow.
No, dammit… don’t complain about the rain! Sure, it may be a bit right now… but don’t you remember what it’s been like in previous years? You remember… the water shortages and the grassfires?
Personally, I’m loving all the rain. Of course, I like swimming and kayaking in Barton Creek. Have you been there this year? It’s fantastic!
Think you could explain where on that page you pulled -2.4" of precipitation YTD number? The only -2.4 I saw was deviation from average maximum temperature.
It did say this was the 4th wettest month ever on record for Austin.
Yeah, it’ll be great a week or so after the rains stops. The tubin’ should rock this year. But right now? Fecal contamination up the wazoo. One of the gals I row with has already had an intestinal parasite problem just from Town Lake backsplash. I’d hold off swimmin’ for a little bit.
BTW, Spiderman 2 was GREAT! And, at the Alamo, they’re showing the Japanese Spiderman trailers before the movie again. Very cool…
You all are experiencing what the DC area went through last summer. All of May and June was a big soak. We had algae growing on the steps of our deck, it was gross.
Here in Houston we’re now just 2 inches shy of our average… for the freakin’ year! As of June 30 we’ve already had 45 inches and we usually get 47 all year.
It was the second wettest June ever with 18 or so inches, behind only the June several years back when Allison hit us twice and drowned 22 people. Back then it all hit in a couple of days, this time it rained for at least 10 straight.
Now that we’re supersaturated across the state and many rivers are in flood, here comes the 90 degree temps and, as mentioned, culex mosquitos. Oh joy.
They alway say that the squeeky wheel gets the grease (or as I used to say, the squeeky weasel gets greased). Well, yesterday I bitched about the weather and it would seem that I actually did something about it. There is no more rain in the Austin forecast for the next 10 days.
I promise that I will use my new found omnipotence to control the coming mosquito infestation. And if you guys want to build a shrine in my honour, that would be swell.
Austin doper here…when the sun came out this morning I was nearly blinded. Ran around my office closing all the blinds, screaming in agony…well, not really
I’m just glad we’ll be able to take the little daxling to the playground tonight, for the first time in a week and a half. I swear if we have to sit inside and watch Finding Nemo after dinner one more time I’ll start eating sushi just out of spite.
