Tidal wave on Interstate 710

The storms in California have been terrible this month.  All I can say is that Al Gore is right.  I suggest that everyone watch "An Inconvenient Truth" and read his book of the same name too.  The website is www.climatecrisis.net.  Global warming is causing storms to be much stronger, to release much more rain in a shorter period of time than is typically the case.  

At around 1:30 pm, after walking the dog, I decided to go shopping.  Just my luck, a very strong storm started just as I pulled out of the parking garage.  It was raining buckets so I tried to drive slowly.  On the freeway people were not exceeding 45 - 50 mph. 

Suddenly, out of nowhere, I hit a deep puddle on the freeway which caused a huge tidal wave to crash over the car.  I slammed on the brakes as much as possible but not completely because I didn't want to get rear-ended.  I could see a little light ahead so I was reasonably sure that I wasn't going to hit the car in front of me.  The cars all around slowed.  I could see that all of the drivers were really shaken.  So was I.  That was scary. Everyone slowed down even more and drove very cautiously from there on.  Just a little way up the road I saw two vehicles parked on the side; the drivers were exchanging numbers.  I'm sure they were hit by the same tidal wave and then hit each other.

No sooner had I arrived inside the store, soaking wet, that the rain stopped and the skies opened up.  The sun shone so brightly afterwards that the streets dried up quickly. By the time I got home, there were hardly any traces of the storm remaining.