I was waiting for the rain to start, to cut the heat a bit. I did not expect the amount of rain we got. We watched some episodes of Luke Cage season 2 while the sky turned overcast, then the rain started. Things went fine until around 9:15 PM when the power went out. I often am stunned with how much sound we are used to with the low hum of the various electronics around the house. Up and down our street, the lights were out, except for some solar powered lights at a house down the street. We start to look around outside, find flashlights (batteries dead, but just bought new batteries). With the darkness, heavy rainfall and rain against the windows, it was very hard to see.
Our garbage and recycling bins floated away. I went to go find them as Shannon had expressed some concern about them. The first thing I noticed when starting my trip outside is that there was a river on the dead end our driveway is on. I headed down on the strip of land next to the street. I got to the driveway and there were white caps generated as the water rushed over my driveway edges. it was about a foot or two up the driveway. I got to the backyard and spotted the bins. They had camped out at the new fence that my neighbor put in. I went to retrieve them from the fence and put them closer to the house. The further away from my house I got, the softer the ground got. There was water pooled on the ground between our yards. I pulled up the bins and dragged them (with quite a bit of water inside) towards the house.
On my way about I noticed down the street that there was a car with blinking lights, so I headed back across the front of the house, checking various things in my yard. I noticed that my neighbor to the west of me had part of a tree down (In the morning we noticed that it looks like the tree got a hair cut and lost a bit of height too). I walked down the street, to point my flashlight at the car and noticed there were people in side. I gingerly stepped into the street to make sure I had some sure footing. The water on Franklin Avenue was to my mid-calf, and very quick. The two people in the car seemed relatively calm, and I invited them into our house in case they wanted a place to hang out, but they seemed ok for their situation, even after I stated that this would probably go on for another hour or so. I told them my house was the one on the corner and they're welcome if they change their mind, then I headed back to the house.
People were occasionally going by in cars, jeeps and the like. So we figured out what to do, Shannon headed upstairs to go to bed, and I played cards on my iPad for a bit then headed downstairs to go to bed (no power, no CPAP, not fair to Shannon). I eventually fell asleep and was woken up around 1:30 AM, when the lights came back on the the basement.
I headed upstairs to go to bed, and did so.
Looking around a bit on the news and social media, it appears as if there is quite a bit of damage all over the metro, It'll take a bit to recover from this. But power's back for the most part, they've already started chopping up the down branches from the neighbor's yard (apparently it knocked down their power / etc lines).