Blame it on the Rain

So, I don't know know how many of you pay close attention to the news as it relates to the weather, but over the last weekend Hurricane Hannah decided to make landfall around South Carolina and make a trip up the coastline. No one was sure exactly how strong it would be by the time it hit DC, but we did get a couple emails from the Senate Security whatever reminding us to make sure we had emergency plans all laid out, and that we were fully prepared. Most everyone in town was fairly sure the worst we'd see was just a bunch of rain... And a bunch of rain is what we got.

(the path of Hannah, just in case you were overly-curious)

The storm was expected to pass through our part of the coast sometime early Saturday morning, so we decided that since a bunch of us were just sitting around the apartment on Friday night, that we'd just jump on the metro and see where our whims took us. Once we got on, we came to a joint decision to just get out at the stop near the White House and wander around for awhile.

Within the first couple minutes of coming out from underground, it started to sprinkle, and before we knew it we were in the midst of an outright downpour. I'm not talking a good rainstorm, I'm talking at times just a full-on tropical storm Hannah style soaking. The combination of high spirits, warm night air, and warm rain got us all to decide that instead of going running back into the metro station with our heads down, we'd just walk down the street and continue our adventure.

In the end, we never ended up going anywhere exciting, just a couple pictures in front of the White House, a quick stop into a pizza place so one of the interns (who has been dubbed "Intern Dave") could grab himself a slice as well as an ice cream to eat while walking in the downpour. Eventually the rain stopped, half of our group returned home, my roommate Nick finally joined up with the group after taking back one of the interns who decided to turn back home half-way through the metro ride out there, and the rest of us continued our late night tour of the District looking and feeling quite a bit like wet rats.

Here are some pictures of the events of the night for your personal enjoyment:

The rain just getting started at the White House.

Just me rockin the Dwight hair, and Lauren rockin the Alice Cooper eyes. We are awesome.

And with the Dwight yet again. Thinkin of wearing it like this when I get my picture taken with the Senator tomorrow.

It's okay to look ladies. I know that it's fantastic.

Intern Dave loves him some ice cream.

Leon didn't like the rain as much as the rest of us, so he asked the pizza folk for a garbage bag and busted out this little number. Then a block down the road, the girls kept teasing him so he took it off. Girls can be so mean.

Lauren, McKell, and Justin loved the walkin in the rain. It was good times.

Blaine and Leon didn't get into the picture in time. Lauren looked to be surprised by that fact.

This time we were ready. Ready and awesome.

Hurricane Hannah tried her best, but did nothing more than provide us with yet another adventure.