Torrents

Torrential flooding in Dublin has resulted in two deaths, several evacuations, and some potentially serious structural damange.

Me, I had no idea it was this bad when I left the house to go to the train station this morning. The trains were running (if indeed they were running) with a delay of ninety minutes, and if I'd got to town, I would have hell's snowball's chance of getting back if the rain kept up.

Walking for ten minutes to the train station resulted in a soaking clear through to the skin, by the way. Through my wool jumper and allegedly waterproof winter coat.

So now I am home again, and the sun has come out to taunt me.