August 10, 2009

New record for the mile: 9 minutes 6 seconds.

Thunderstorm of vast power, inches of rain in a few seconds, the trees still visible through my window laid out parallel to the ground, a steamroller approaching from the north. The lightning which I thought had struck quite close had struck willows by Beaver Lake, and laid them out on Merrimon Avenue, backing up traffic and giving the cops something to stare at with scowling uncertainty. Many of the streets were scalloped with tiny, instant mudslides.