Its been raining big-time here in the DC area for three days now and no end in sight. This morning part of the Metro subway was taken out of service due to flooding in the tunnels and portions of the Beltway have been closed due to mudslides.

And the new home construction site next door to me has turned into a sea of mud and is dumping silt into the neighborhood storm drains which were recently adorned with cute little “Save the Chesapeake Bay” plaques.