Rowing, Rowing, Rowing Down The Highway

Yesterday, we were all advised to stay indoors unless it was absolutely necessary to go out. It wasn't for us, so we stayed put. And after half a day of that, even I had cabin fever because it wasn't just, "stay home", it was "stay indoors" because of the flash flooding. We watched TV and movies, I worked, we played hockey on the Xbox and listened to music. We were still bored out of our minds yo. And it didn't even rain yesterday, not until late last night. It's been raining on and off since then and there are more closures today. We ventured out because we needed food and, of course, Starbucks. It was early but the roads were ghost towns and the highways are closed so you can't get in and out of the town you're in (hopefully they open them tomorrow because I'm supposed to fly out). The store had a good amount of people in it, Starbucks had a drive-thru line around the block. And we're lucky we went when we did because the road we took to get there was closed on the way home. I've never seen flooding like this before my very (now clearly visioned) eyes, except for Hurricane Katrina. But people knew that storm was coming, this one came out of nowhere. It went from, "expecting some rain" to statewide flash flood warnings. Roads are destroyed, even some towns have been wiped out. The news reported that this is the largest scale air evacuation since Katrina, so that gives you an idea of what we're dealing with. And we're dealing in our typical fashion, with smartassness and cautious optimism. It was hilarious seeing what shelves were cleaned out at the store and which weren't. Coffee creamer? GONE. Mom couldn't get her desired flavor and ended up pouting about having to get a different one, prompting her to say, "What did everyone do? Say, 'let's go get our coffee creamer!' and then go home to die?". Milk and eggs were still full. Water had been virtually untouched despite some places having been told to conserve water and other places having their water sources contaminated. Soda? Gone. Baking supplies? Gone. Microwavable meals? Gone. So apparently there are a lot of caffeinated bakers living off of Stouffers until the storm passes. Methinks it's not wise to be baking, nor stock up on things that need to be frozen when there's the potential for a power outage (however, the coffee creamer thing, I understand and good for you Colorado!).