And now we have set a new record--there's a new storm, Theta, which now means that 2020 has had more storms than 2005, the year that set the last record.
We had a very stormy week-end, particularly Sunday, as tropical storm Eta churned our way. We were 130 miles away from the center of the storm at one point, and we had already seen over a foot of rain.
We didn't close the campus although all of our Monday classes were held virtually. I was able to get to campus yesterday to find that there had been water intrusion in some rooms (where we usually have water intrusion) and no internet. I stayed for a bit, in case there were students who hadn't gotten the message. But no one else came to campus--or to the building at all. So I locked the few doors that were open, reset the alarm, and came home, where I had internet and electricity.
This post will be brief, as I must now head to work. I am grateful to have come out of Eta relatively unscathed. Others in the area were not as lucky. It was an astonishing amount of rain from a system that wasn't really close to us.
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