Flooding in Bloomingdale photo from Tom

We’re getting our asses kicked in this summer’s weather wars. I don’t often get awed by a simple rainstorm, but I’m fairly certain I cried for my mommy this morning, from the safety of my home…

Anyway, as you can imagine things are a mess. A brief survey of twitter shows power outages, traffic issues (including Georgia Ave, NW), trees down, metro stations closed (including Cleveland Park). We took a beating, not doubt about it.

A reader sends in the photo above from an alley off 13th St, NW.

And more flooding, Tom notes “with legit tides” from Bloomingdale: