Alarming Rain

I woke up this morning 6 minutes before my alarm by what sounded like,
to me in my groggy state, the storm of the century. Luckily, after about
30 minutes, God seems to press the snooze button and the rain eases up.
It seems the rainy season has begun in earnest now, the intermittent
rain falling more and more harshly out of the sky, a few dark nimbus
clouds turning into a smoky, endless gray layer. The roads that are not
paved are turning further into a river of mud, those without shelter can
be see huddled under tarps while herds of goats stand under what brush
they can find.