The Flood

Monday in Dublin was an interesting day to say the least.  It rained consistently all day.  When I went out around 11am it was not raining too bad.  So when I went out at 6:30pm I was not expecting too much...first mistake.  (Well actually the first mistake was leaving my apartment!)  I had on my new high boots and brought my little umbrella.  About half way to the front gate of campus I was already wet, and by the time my friend Ashley and I got 3 minutes outside campus we were completely soaked from head to toe. (Although thanks to my new high boots - my feet were the only thing on me that wasn't wet.)  We tried to hail a cab but there seemed to be none.  At this point my umbrella broke, and we were splashed by a bus driving by.  Eventually we got a cab - but it was really too late because we were drowning!  At about midnight when I called a taxi to take me back to campus, we were told no cars could get up to where we were in the Quays because of flooding.  So I put on my boots and started heading home - and hailed a cab!  There were all kinds of disasters all over the city - a shopping centre flooded and buses full of passengers flooded.  Cars were floating down the road and one Garda was actually killed trying to get people to safety.  It was all pretty crazy and in such a short span of time.  It said on the news that we got a month's worth of rain in those 24 hours.  The whole city shut down in reaction.  I am worried about what will happen when it snows...