storm drains are evil!
Go to your local city hall and start making complaints. They better listen, in Dublin, California a rider was paralyzed, quadraplegic, becuase he did the same thing you did. It does not take a big crash to be seriously hurt. The body is in a precarious position on an upright bike anyway, usually headfirst. If you go about it the right way I am sure you could convince the city/town to install bars perpendicular to the direction of traffic.
Good luck