Intuit, being a software company, tends to have a high number of employees who are at least set up for telecommuting. Today, our Norcross office was quieter than usual because localized flooding had made the roads pretty bad. In the area immediately surrounding my cube, only one of the people who routinely use I-285 for their commute actually physically came in.

It wasn’t anywhere near the extent we experienced last September, but it was definitely unpleasant. Unfortunately, instead of dodging a bullet, though, it seems that the misery simply got spread around. Mashable posted a video taken in Nashville, Tennessee yesterday.

Last September wasn’t pleasant for me because my water heater burst the same day the Chattahoochee River flooded. There was also a major event going on at work that week (several people from other offices were in town) so it was slightly crazy; and I was recovering from a broken foot. But even then, comparatively, I knew that I was lucky. At least my flooding was clean water.

It’s things like this that can help you put the world back into perspective.