Photo by Mr. T in DC.

Good morning, Washington. Well, it took a little bit longer than expected, but the rain finally arrived this morning, and with it came flooding, a tornado watch and a whole lot of commuting nightmares. The biggest traffic story of the morning: two Metrobuses collided in Silver Spring along University Boulevard. Based on reports from the scene, a C4 bus rear-ended a C2 bus; there were 22 injuries, none life-threatening, but five described as “serious.” Those injured include some students from Montgomery Blair High School. No matter how you traveled this morning, it sounds like most of you might be in need of a towel once you get where you’re going this morning — don’t forget to send in your images of flooding and weather damage from around the region to tips@dcist.com.

Good Old Fashioned Detective Work: Jason Cherkis, continuing his excellent reportage on the U Street shooting, gets hold of the police report of the arrest of Brandon Miller. It tells the story of excellent detective work — using statements from witnesses and security footage to identify the car, tracking it to Girard Street and then arresting Miller without incident. The police report also indicates that Jamal Coates died from multiple gunshot wounds. Of course, for all their good work so far in the case, it would probably be helpful if the police actually admitted that there is a gang problem in Adams Morgan, which as Rend Smith reports, isn’t really happening. (To borrow a bit from our commentariat, the police’s reaction to the crew which Jamal Coates was trying to escape was…*waves hand* these aren’t the gangs you’re looking for.)

Fentypendent? IndeFentent? Spurred on by the “write Fenty in” crowd, Mike DeBonis wonders what would happen if Adrian Fenty ran as an independent in the general election. Turns out that — hold on, let me grab my AutoText from the primary campaign — it would come down to turnout. Thing is, Fenty would still need to take a sizable majority of independent votes — well over 60 percent in any legitimate scenario — to even have a fair shake at overtaking Vince Gray. And even that’s assuming that Gray’s victory wouldn’t encourage more Democrats to come out and vote in the general election.

The Heavy Price of Criticism: New Wizards owner Ted Leonsis apparently has a lot to learn about talking in public about the NBA’s business. The league fined Leonsis $100,000 for comments he made about how he thought that the NBA would eventually institute a hard salary cap. (NBA teams can exceed the league’s salary cap if they pay a luxury tax.)

Talkin’ Transit: WMATA has a board meeting today — on the docket is a meeting of the Joint Development and Real Estate Committee (which will discuss topics like the sale of land to Donohoe Companies on the New Jersey Avenue side of Navy Yard), followed by a convening of the full board, where maybe we’ll get some decisions about SmarTrip reforms. (Or not.)

What We’re Reading This Morning: Friend of DCist Dave Weigel profiles Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) — no stranger to this blog — in a piece that I’m sure we’ll be talking about later. Basically, if the Republicans win the House, Chaffetz will run the House’s Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee — and we should all be afraid. Very, very afraid.

Briefly Noted: Wrongful death lawsuit filed over death of D.C. toddler…Two men shot on 3500 block of 22nd Street last night…The history of Washington’s first convention center, which stood where CityVista currently stands in Mt. Vernon Triangle…Rest in peace, Tony Curtis.

This Day in DCist: Last year, details about the Ted Loza bribery scandal started to appear, and we took in U2’s set at FedEx Field.