The remains of Hurricane Ivan have dumped a record amount of rain on us today (over 4 inches of rain were recorded at Pittsburgh International Airport). Of course I rode my bike to work (like I ever don’t), and the ride home was, uh, interesting. Traffic was completely out of control. Total bedlam. Smallman Street was completely gridlocked from start to finish. Butler Street was the same. Fortunately on Butler Street traffic was stopped both ways, so i cruised on the yellow line, prompted a few thumbs-up and “that’s the right idea” from motorists. Once I got to the 62nd Street bridge the fun began. Water was pouring in rivers down the hillside, and at several points I was literally up to my hubs in water. It was interesting, in a gee-i-hope-i-don’t-hit-a-submerged-rock-fall-and-drown sort of way.

Update

We’ve gotten 5.30 inches of rain as of 10:23pm and it’s still raining.

Posted on 17 September 2004