Just a typical torrential downpour today. Monday is a teaching day, so there's really no way around it.

The rain on the drive in was sufficiently hard that the average speed on the interstate was half what it usually is--and that's about 80 mph. It took me about 15 minutes longer than usual to get to Xavier. I must have done something right yesterday, because it wasn't raining when I walked from my car to the building.

That didn't last long. I had about 50 - 60% class attendance.

By the time I got back to my office it was raining again. I kept checking the weather radar to try to find a relatively low-rain period for heading home. I was also sort of waiting for the colleague who arrives about when I leave, and thus gets a fantastic parking spot. I gave him a buzz on his cell to tell him I was leaving. And I guess that bought me relatively low rain for the walk to my car.

Driving home wasn't as bad as driving there.

The result of all this rain is street flooding. There's a huge, deep, drainage canal across from Xavier, and at 10 AM it was almost full. The noon TV showed the four or five feet of water on the underpass below the interstate right there by Xavier.

I think I'll probably not go in to Newcomb tomorrow. The campus floods in a heavy dew, and the same is true of streets around it. A check of the weather radar and forecasts suggests the "showers" are not yet over.

The noon news announced Xavier's closure as of noon. I had been asked about attendance (roughly 50%) and I guess others had the same experience. Xavier has a lot of local students who drive to school, and if the roads are flooded that takes care of that.

I'll bet Lady stays in tonight.

And I'll be watching the weather radar to see if I need to set the alarm.