MANY NEW MEXICANS STARTED FRIDAY MORNING AFTER NOT GETTING MUCH SLEEP, THANKS TO THE STORMS THAT HIT ALBUQUERQUE AND OTHER AREAS IN THE STATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THERE WAS LOTS OF LIGHTNING AND THUNDER … AND A DOWNPOUR, MAKING DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR THOSE ON THE ROAD.
SOME DRIVERS SAY THE RAIN WAS SO HEAVY THAT THEY HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 35 MILES PER HOUR ON I-25 BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE. SOME WERE COMPELLED TO TURN ON THEIR FLASHERS TO MAKE SURE OTHER DRIVERS COULD SEE THEM. IN FACT, SOME SAID THE RAIN AND WIND COMBINED LOOKED LIKE A WATERFALL AT TIMES.
LOTS OF PUDDLES OUT THERE TOO … BIG ONES, LIKE AT UNIVERSITY AND INDIAN SCHOOL NORTHEAST.
