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Record Rain Wreaks Havoc on Morning Commute
This morning, major commuter delays developed as a result of a mudslide that dumped six feet of slick debris near the intersection of the Capital Beltway and Telegraph Road, closing the road for hours, and because of underground flooding that shuttered two normally busy downtown Metrorail stations.

It truly did rain a lot yesterday. On and off all day — VERY hard. We had a little fast-running river going through our backyard.

Apparently the metro trains really are screwed up. I just got a call from Mark — at 9 am, mind you — saying he hasn’t been able to get to work. His train broke down (or something) at Clarenden station and he hasn’t been able to get on another train because they’re all completely packed. Understand, he normally gets on the train on Mondays right around 6:30 or 7 am — so he’s been trying to get to work for at least a couple hours. (It normally takes only about half an hour when the trains are running as usual.) What he probably doesn’t know — according to this Washington Post article, there’s flooding in some of the metro stations so service around Metro Center is all screwed up. Anyway, so he’s on a train headed back home and he’ll just telecommute today.

He should telecommute more often — he really doesn’t NEED to be in his office in downtown DC for most of what he does.

Anyway… so lots of rain. We needed it. It had been pretty dry.