Flooding, Road closures, Evacuations, and Car accidents

Well, as of my last post I thought 2009 was going to be a bit mellow. Um...not so much! We had record rainfall and I-5 as well as all the mountain passes were closed due to flooding and avalanches. So basically if you lived in Western Washington you were trapped in a box. Also locally 410 was closed as well as 161. Some 20,000 + people had to be evacuated from Orting! I would never live in Orting...that place is just a disaster waiting to happen. On top of all that I was in an accident driving my Mom's car. What is worse then being in a car accident? Being in one in your parent's car! I felt horrible. :( It wasn't my fault, thankfully. I was at the post office and had backed out and out of the blue some crazy guy just backs up and smashes right into me! He felt really bad and said he just didn't see me. His insurance has been really easy to deal with and I wasn't injured, so that's good. So, I guess this year is starting off to be just as crazy as the rest. Cheers!