Flooding in Atlanta

I've been trying to ride my bike to work most days. But I haven't rode once in 2 weeks. It has rained every single day...

I thought maybe this is how Atlanta is this time of year. But on my way to work yesterday, one of the major highways to work was covered in water. I made detour and got to work. I got an email at 3:30pm or so that we were all excused to go home that day and take the next day off. I turned to the news and learned several people had already died that day from flash floods, nearly all of them having their cars swept off the roads.

I decided to take their advice and headed home.
I tried to take my main route home: blocked by a tree that had fallen over and blocked the entire road.

My first detour: the whole road blocked by flooding. I went completely by guessing the general direction and eventually made it home.

My sidewalk in front of our apartment had at least 2 inches and with the forecast of more and more rain, I was getting to be pretty worried.

I also saw a home just a couple blocks from our apartment covered in rain, about the same as this pic:
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There were at least 3 interstates that were completely covered and blocked. And many schools are closed for a while due to damages.
This community isn't far from where we live:
Some excellent pictures at: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/09/22/southeast.flooding/index.html?eref=rss_topstories#cnnSTCPhoto


We did, unfortunately, have someone in my CDC group whose home was hit pretty badly. I, for one, am a little more grateful for my apartment and safety.