The Techie and I flew to New York this morning. We ate lunch, did a little shopping, and then the weather hit. I heard thunder about an hour before it started and said, “I hope it doesn’t rain again like last year.” But of course, it did.
When I visited The Techie and his mom on Long Island last year, we got caught in a terrible rainstorm while driving to a farmers market. I was still trying to get used to the scary driving skills of New Yorkers. It made me skittish enough in nice weather. The roads flash flooded and every turn we made was terrifying. Was the car going to make it through this puddle? Is the car next to us going to swerve into our lane if they start to drown? I was petrified.
Today was a lot like that, except with hail. I guess it doesn’t hail very much in New York. I’m used to it but driving in it when it grows from pea size to marble is still nerve wracking. Eventually, the hail got so thick that we had to pull off on a side street to park under a tree. By the time the hail subsided and we drove away, the rainwater had reached up to the curb.
The radio said all of Nassau County was being hit. Traffic was piling up because it was rush hour and public transportation was getting shut down left and right. Penn station wouldn’t let anyone else in and the trains couldn’t leave. When the trains eventually started to move again, they moved slowly.
We went home for a little while to stay out of the rain. But when we got hungry we decided to go to Boston Market, which is normally a fifteen-minute drive away. Since the flooding had changed a lot of cars directions and because some stop lights were shot (only blinking yellow), it took us fifteen minutes PLUS two hours to get there. A lot of the time we were at a complete standstill, bumper to bumper. I even took a cat nap in the backseat. When we arrived, we cheered and cheered. It was the best Boston Market I’ve ever tasted.
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ReplyDeleteThe video worked for me! Looks like an insane-o storm. Glad you made it! :)
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