It's about 7:05 p.m. Saturday as I write this.

Tropical Storm Hanna — which The Weather Channel has been warning us about for several days and which came ashore this morning in the Carolinas — has reached the Hudson Valley.

With great care, and perhaps a little fear, I just stepped outside the Freeman office to see how bad things have gotten.

Please sit down and brace yourself. I have an important news bulletin:

It's raining.

God help us all.