The drive from Silver Spring to Fairfax last night was through some of the worst dirving conditions that I have ever experienced. Let me change that and say that it was the worst. Rain was falling at the rate of 2" per hour, the sewers were not able to handel the water and the roads became streams.
From Kendal Ct to Viers Mill the street was full, curb to curb, and twice that deep at Viers Mill.
At Connecticut Ave and the Beltway the water pressure in the sewer system had lifted a manhole cover and water was spouting 5 feet in the air through the open manhole.
It had stopped raining by the time we reached I66 but Rt 29 was closed at Pan Am and we had to turn around and get back on 66 to Fairfax.
Route 50 was closed between Eds St. and University Dr.
We got 5 inches of rain Sunday and another 1/2 inch between last night and this morning.
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