And to think that I left my umbrella at home!!

Hubby and I went out to run some errands...bank, post office etc. I left my umbrella at home because it looked like it was clearing up. We went to the bank....we were dry. We went to the post office...we were dry. We walked to the mall and decided to stop in at the Softbank store and I got a new cell phone (will blog about my cool new phone later). While we were going through the very long process of getting this phone all hell broke loose outside. It started to rain. Not just rain....it was more like a mini typhoon. I mean the sound of the rain on the roof was so loud. It was raining so hard it was just "white" outside and the rain was coming down so hard it was going back up after hitting the road. I though maybe it would be just "rain" and not a mini typhoon by the time we were ready to go....yeah right! Even if the rain had been just a normal light rain, we still would have had to wade through the water on the street. We choose the best way to go from the phone store to the mall and we still were in water half way up our calves at one point!

I had a mini umbrella that kept my hair from getting soaked but hubby had nothing so he was drenched. I wish I could have gotten pictures of people's faces when they saw us walk into the mall!! They probably had no idea how bad it was outside! Well...just to show you how bad it has been...here are some pics.

Not sure you can see it but the road is under water.

Sadly, mud slides are a big problem.

This is downtown Fukuoka city (imagine Toronto under water!)

These next pics aren't great but they give you an idea of how bad it has been....the water is coming up from below!

Oh and it is still raining!!!!