Part 2 / Backpacks & A Mabul

After the Chevron tour, I was famished. So we met Zahava and Penina at Tommy's. As we were finishing up, I see a cop car come down the street the wrong way. I saw the officer get out, and he is running around. At first I thought, maybe someone got here. In America, often the fire department comes when someone calls for an ambulance. I saw the group of boys clear out of the restaurant as well. Meanwhile, as this is all going on, we hear thunder several times and dark clouds are rolling in. The weather report was calling for heavy thunderstorms. Penina bugged out to try and avoid the storm. We decided to call a cab. As we are leaving, there is another cop car blocking the street  The cab couldn't get in and we were going to walk to him. Then Zahava explains, there is a backpack that doesn't belong to anyone. They clear the area. If no one claims it, they blow it up. Our cab was turning around so we run over to him. After we get in, he turns the corner. There is a bus in the other lane going in the opposite direction. Some genius on a motorcycle decides to pass the bus on the left. Basic rule of driving, don't pass on the left, especially when the bus has its left blinker on. So we are coming around the corner on this narrow street and the motorcycle gets to close to our cab. His rear view mirror goes flying off. Our driver stops, opens the door, yells at the guy, then drives away. Ok then.
It was just starting to rain. No idea what happened with the suspicious package.
A while later, the skies literally opened up. The rain poured down like a broken water pipe gushing out. It might have even been hail. Zahava noticed her floor was wet. A lot of water had gathered on her outside sill, and the drain couldn't handle it. When I say it was coming down in buckets, you can't begin to imagine the amount of rain that came down. I saw a video that the neighbor below Shauly took off the road outside their window. Looks like the Negev when the water floods over there. Tragically, there are 9 kids who lost their lives from this freak storm. The videos of Mamilla Mall and Geulah are insane!
That sorta killed our afternoon plans of walking to the shuk. It's OK, cuz I got a nap in.
And that's the last two crazy Israeli adventures I had today.
Hoping tomorrow is a quiet, normal day.