| I've set up the PO Box for my "It's For The Children™" Flood Relief Foundation. All donations are fully tax deductible as the IRS is currently pumping four feet of water out of its basement and will certainly see things my way if any questions are raised later on. Open up your hearts and your wallets, Rantburg brethren and sistren. It's For The Children™! |
Floods that ravaged the US capital kept government tax collectors and federal agents away from work on Monday and closed the home of the Declaration of Independence.With as much as 7 inches of rain having fallen since Sunday, flooded basements or electrical problems forced the closure of the Internal Revenue Service headquarters, most of the U.S Justice Department and the National Archives. A 140-year-old elm tree toppled on the White House grounds and cars floated at flooded intersections on Constitution Avenue. The federal government told its roughly 200,000 area workers they could take leave time if they were unable to get to work but there was no immediate estimate of how many were affected. With portions of the area’s rail service disrupted, many commuters took to the streets to walk. The National Archives, which houses the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution and other treasured documents, said inspections “revealed no damage to original records.”
“I think we’re going to have rain for the next couple of days,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Andy Woodcock. “We have the potential for more problems, especially on Tuesday.” A flash-flood watch was in effect for the greater Washington metropolitan area through Tuesday evening, the weather service said. The heavy rainfall broke a single-day record for June 25 that goes back to 1870, Woodcock said.