In case you haven’t heard the news, the former 9th and sometimes 8th planet in the solar system, Pluto, is no longer considered a planet. Scientists decided yesterday to change what constitutes a planet and Pluto didn’t make the cut.

In what I swear was a related incident, the heavens opened for a flash flood yesterday around 6:30PM. Well, unknown to me, our street floods during heavy rain, but only right in front of our house. Something about the storm drain in front of the neighbors. Yesterday after work, I drove home and parked as usual. It wasn’t even raining at the time. All of a sudden it started pouring. I love storms, so I was standing at various windows watching it come down. As I gazed out the front window, I noticed the water rising up near my car. Within minutes it was halfway up the wheels and a few moments later, up to the bumper.

At this point I realized that I better move my car. I quickly put on a jacket and ran outside, only to be halted by the ankle deep water at the end of the driveway. “This is going to need some heavier duty boots,” I thought. I ran inside, but was only able to find my winter boots which turned out to be no help anyway. Right next to the car, the water was up to my mid-calf! In a panic, I flung open the passenger door and hopped in. The only problem was I was followed by a whole lot of water. As I slammed the door, the water was just high enough to start coming in. In the what seemed like no time, I had half an inch to an inch of water on the passenger side of the car. That all, of course, from when I opened the door.

I drove around the block and parked my car on higher ground in the driveway. Then came the task of drying my car up. About a dozen completely soaked towels later, the water was mostly gone and the rain gave way to sunshine.

This morning as I got in my car to go to work, the floor mats were still pretty wet. I’m going to have to try and sop up the rest when I get home. I did also manage to grab a few shots with my camera both during and after the storm which I’ve posted to Flickr. I apologize for the blurriness of the first couple of shots. They were taken from inside the house through the window.