A very impressive and slow-moving storm visited the New Orleans area in the early morning hours today - the same one that was throwing around semi trailers in Texas yesterday. Although it was already raining when I went to bed at around 10:30 pm, I think it was around 3 am when the lightning, thunder, pouring rain, and terrified dog woke me up from my already inadequate and badly needed sleep. The thunder and lightning show continued for the better part of the next four hours. I ended up trying to sleep with the lights on in order to keep the dog from seeing the flashes of lightning. Even so, I had to stop him countless times from trying to dig a hole in the carpet. It was all still going strong at 6:30, and although I've been known to go out for an hour's ride in the rain, the combination of wind, rain, lightning and flooded streets was a little too much for a ride this morning. I made some coffee and eventually fired up the laptop which provided enough email to keep me busy until after 10:00 when the rain finally eased up and I was able to consider riding to work. The Wife had a doctor's appointment today to look into a cold that she hasn't been able to kick, so taking the car wasn't really a good option. I put extra pants and shoes into my messenger bag, zipped up my rain coat and felt quite lucky to have arrived at the office relatively dry. Things seem to be improving now, so I'm thinking about trying to make the Wednesday Night Worlds out on the lakefront, although there are a couple of complications that might prevent it. The photo above was definitely not taken by me. It was posted to Facebook by a friend of a friend and looks like a shot down Bourbon Street around 2 or 3 am this morning. Anyway, I really like it.
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