We got a serious soaking today from the remnants of Alberto. Its been years since I’ve seen the type of flooding we had today. WRAL-TV claims almost eight inches of rain fell today. Insane.
It showed, too. The old building in the Waters Edge office park in West Raleigh was in danger of flooding, just like it was way back when. Southbound Capital Boulevard was brought to a standstill midday today as a lake developed at the U-Haul place near Brentwood road. Three lanes were reduced to one as floodwaters were up to the guardrail. The Cheviot Hills Golf Course had an especially large water hazard eat the front nine near Capital Boulevard. I couldn’t resist snapping a few pics of both of these flood events.
Late last summer I was really concerned about the drought, considering it to be the biggest issue facing the city. I was feeling pessamistic, thinking we’d be parched by now with no end in sight. Instead, Alberto has put us in the black in one fell swoop! Man, am I glad to have been so wrong!
Now let’s give the rain thing a break long enough to celebrate the upcoming Hurricanes Stanley Cup victory!