flood gates

Many of you may not have heard...but parts of upstate New York and Pennsylvania have completely drown today...and this is not related to Tropical Storm Irene.  It's been nonstop torrential rain for the past two days (with no end in sight...will be raining through the weekend).   We are out of electricity...and will be for the next few days.  Our water is on a boiling advisory.  Buildings are trashed, the rivers have taken on bigger, thicker, stronger shapes and have consumed parks, backyards, and homes.

This is bizarre. 

I am blogging from the Resident Lounge right now...while my phone charges.  I won't be blogging again until our electricity comes back on. 

This is actually rather scary.