Last night I got a call at 2am from ADT saying the alarm at work went off and to see if I could meet the police there. I was awake as was my room mate waiting for the impending storm to hit San Antonio. I said what the hey I could use a nice cruise through the rain. On my way it started to rain pretty good but not anything I've never seen before. We got to my office and nothing looked out of place from the front. I decided to wait for the police before I went in even though I had my trusty .380 on me. We waited til 3 and the police never came so I decided to get home. Thats when it got crazy. The rain was coming down so hard my windshield wipers couldnt keep up and my headlights are crap. I pretty much was driving blind. I was driving on the frontage road because I was afraid to get on the highway. The water on the access road was getting to where the splashes from driving through it and other cars were making visibility worse so I decided to get on the highway and before I knew it I hit a really deep section of water that I didnt even know was there. An Acura in front of me in the next lane hit it first and then swerved in front of me and stopped. I had to go around him and it got super deep so I just gave it full throttle and made it through. I dont know if the guy in the acura stalled or he stopped on purpose but I kept going. After that I just followed the hazards of other cars until I was almost home. We were driving and we saw a blue light in the distance like an explosion. It was pretty wild but then all of a sudden I ran over something like a power line. I felt the tires hit something and then there was a really loud buzzing sound that could be felt in the car and a flash of blue light that seemed to come from under my car. It was super bright. I can only guess that a power line was down and I ran over it. I dont know what else it coulld have been. As I got to the street my apartment is on I saw that there was another crazy water crossing but I was so close to home. I stopped and waited for another car to attempt and they made it so I just gave full throttle and went through it. After that I pretty much lost braking power. I passed up the apartment complex because I couldnt stop the car in time. It was like trying to stop with just one wheels worth of brakes. After that I made it home safe. I lost a piece of my lower cladding somewhere along the way. Better than not making it home. I think if I had taken the mazda I wouldnt have made it through that first low water crossing. I must say it was a wild trip. I suppose now would be a good time to change the differential fluid in the car as im sure it was submerged. Are there any other things I need to change or inspect? I drove the car today and it was fine except today I changed the valve cover and lost the little clip for the emergency stop lever. Sorry for the long post but it was a long ride.

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