The last 48 hours have been rather calamitous, even by D.C. standards. It started with the rain, torrential rain, many inches of it, which snarled traffic all over, and stranded three drivers in flooded roads in D.C. today and three in Beltsville last night. Flash flood warnings have been extended to tomorrow morning. This morning, a manhole fire on Harvard Street cut power for about 1,600 customers, disrupted traffic lights on Sherman Aavenue and forced the closure of part of Georgia Avenue. Wind gusts toppled trees, which closed roads, including a section of the southbound George Washington Parkway at Roosevelt Island. Until recently, police were directing traffic away from 14th and S streets NW because of a fire.

And commuter frustrations are the least of it. Overnight, a man was shot and killed on 13th and T Streets NW. And now police are saying that murder might be related to the targetted assassination of two people half an hour later in Fort Washington. Yesterday, a driver trying to pass another car driving around Dupont Circle crashed into an electrical pole and died. Today might be a good day to just hide under the covers. Or a cue from us media types, who apparently drink more than the rest of the working world.