Why not?

I was really happy when the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin arrived on Friday - the clouds broke the heat wave we've been having.  On Saturday night the rain made it here in earnest.  Usually these storms don't bring much more than rain, but southern and western Oklahoma saw a few tornadoes last night.

In the Oklahoma City area the storm brought extremely heavy rain - a month's rain in a few hours, was how I heard it described.  While Norman  proper isn't at risk from river and stream flooding, we are prone to street flooding.  Right now half the major streets seems to be closed right now.  And, of course, the roof is leaking.  Luckily, it's leaking only in the one spot.  Since it's predictable, it's not too disturbing.  Still, I have never seen anything like that much water come through the roof.

It's been much worse in parts of the City.  (In Oklahoma, the weather is the news - people are obsessed with weather; prime time TV is displaced for weather.)  The news is full of pictures of flooding - waist-deep water around stranded cars, people flooded out of their homes, firefighters rescuing people from stranded cars.