Alameda Weather

The weather for this past week has been really strange. I have seen cloud filled skies with no rain, cloud filled skies with rain, and sunny skies with rain. When it rained, it would sometimes be really warm. The day can start sunny, take a turn for the worse, and strangely it could end up being sunny again.

I have not been enjoying this very awkward behaving weather. It can be so unpredictable that news weather reporters are completely off with their morning forecast. I go to school ready for some rain, and then end up coming home with my clothes (sometimes even thick "waterproof" jackets) wet inside and out evenly through all articles of clothing. Once I reach my house I just throw everything into the washing machine (because my momma told me to) and take a very warm shower. Because of the terrible weather and school, that ten minute shower is the highlight of my day.

Yesterday was the most amount of rain I had ever seen produced in an hour. The streets of Alameda had enormous puddles resting near the clogged storm-drains. I remember in the last half of sixth period, when the rain began as a light, almost unnoticeable drizzle. Everyone gathered near the windows completely surprised. People said things like, "Darn, it's raining." Now In the last ten minutes of class I remember hearing a rapid "pitter-patter." As I gazed at the window, the amount of rain left me speechless. All of those "goshes" and "darns" had changed into reactions like, "HOLY CRAP!!! WHAT IS GOING ON?" By the time class was over and I had already been soaked by the single minute I spent in the rain in order to walk over to my locker, I was finally able to take in the impact rain has on Alameda. As my friend (he gets a ride with me back home because we are neighbors) and I walked it to my mom's car, we saw giant pools of water on both sides of the street. Cars that were really low to the ground almost had water at the level of the doors. A lot of people were asking their friends if they could get a ride with them, while others waited out of the rain (under entrances to buildings or just inside) to be picked up. I have never seen Alameda in this much chaos before.