Over the past four days, it has rained 13 inches in the DC-Virginia-MD metro area. That's one-third of their average annual rainfall, and for all you GIS or Army Corp of Engineers people, the 300-year storm high. On Sunday night, when traffic on the I-66 was lightest, cars were moving at 20 mph because you literally could not see more than ten feet in front of you.

Several federal buildings experienced basement flooding and had to shut down. Metrorail stops at the center of the city had standing water well above the tracks and were closed as well. This presented a problem for anyone riding the Blue line inbound, as I have to every morning; even though my stop was before Federal Triangle, the trains were single-tracking (using the same tracks for both inbound and outbound, alternating between) and the overall commute from home took two and a half hours. One of the biggest problems with the DC Metro is that the infrastructure is outdated; if a car breaks down or station closes, there are no side-tracks or parallel tracks to move around the obstacle. You're stuck waiting fifteen minutes for a train going in the right direction, and even then it's probably packed to the maximum because they're so few and far between.

The return trip after work was a bit faster, but for some reason they turned off the air conditioning. Not a very pleasant ordeal in the DC summer, with temperatures in the 80's and high humidity, plus the fact that you're in a metal box with hundreds of sweaty bodies. After two stations, the windows were completely fogged up and you could not see outside.
Despite this, people remained cheerful and courteous. A seat opened up in front of me, and the four nearby men took turns refusing to take the seat. Finally, an old woman sat down and we all saved face.

The Sox are on a ten game streak, having swept three series in a row. The last game against the Phillies went well into the 12th inning, with the Sox bullpen empty. Ortiz came through with his second walk-off hit in a row, the previous night hitting his eighth walk-off homer with the Sox.