The storm

[pfunk12]

Hoping that none of you were riding during that storm. :eek: That was impressive.

[sfa]

Yeah, that one caught me off guard. I was glad I hit the snooze button instead of going out for a run as intended this morning.

[Cataboo]

I was sleeping on the couch in my sunroom, so it was a really impressive wakeup.

[pfunk12]

I think it caught the weathermen off guard, too. I always check the weather before I get on my bike in the morning and there wasn't even a storm on the radar. Just sprinkles. I made it to work just before the sky turned black.

[ny biker]

I'm in NY right now, but I saw pictures of flooding at 15th and Constitution. Crazy.

[OakLeaf]

It totally missed us... as most of it seems to be doing these days. Not entirely a good thing, as we really need rain.

We went into town not realizing that half the traffic lights were out. An entire county southwest of us has no electric.

[Possegal]

I live 7-10 miles from work, depending on the route. It took me 90 minutes to get in today. Dang I need to get comfortable riding my bike in!

A co-worker rides in and she just said she got here just as the skies were opening up and ran, leaving her bike unlocked, into the lobby to beat the rain. It didn't last that long so she was able to get out there and lock it pretty quickly. :)

[Zen]

I left my sunroof open.
Again.
My kayak is filled with water.
Again.

[Cataboo]

I left my sunroof open.
Again.
My kayak is filled with water.
Again.


there's always some adventure in the adventure mobile.

[divingbiker]

I left my sunroof open.
Again.

What a dope. ;):)

[Zen]

what a dope. ;):)

i know!

[bmccasland]

Tropical Depression #5 hit here. I tested my car's ability to swim when I tried to get to the office, no luck, then more testing when I tried to get home. :eek: There was a respite in the WallyWorld parking lot - boy was I happy to see "high ground". Gotta love the "localized flooding" around here. You'd think they'd think about drainage better in a place that gets over 5 ft of annual rainfall. :rolleyes: Not so much. Then again, how do you create topography in a swamp?

So today was a "liberal leave" day. But if I rode my bike, I would have actually gotten to the office. At least bicycles don't konk out in several inches of water. :p

[Zen]

Not much longer, Beth ;)

[ny biker]

I'm getting warning texts about tornado warnings and more flooding in the DC area. Meanwhile I don't think we've had any rain here today, just clouds.

[Zen]

Apparently there was some flooding in downtown Fredrock but I haven't seen photos yet.

[Cataboo]

I was going for a ride this afternoon, but then got the tornado/severe thunderstorm warning emails... All hell broke loose like 20 mins later.

[7rider]

Yee-ha.
Got the powah back on after 14+ hours today. Neighbor with a generator let us run an extension cord (actually, 3) over to our fridge to keep it cold.
That makes 3 significant (read: >12 hour) power outages at our house in 2010 alone.
Came theeeees close to riding in to work this morning. If I had, that morning storm blew up with such speed - blossomed like a psycho flower...we watched it grow on doppler radar (until the power went out) - would have caught me out in the worst of it. It would not have been pleasant. Or safe. As it was, I called up and said, "Uh, I'm gonna be late today." and then never showed up. :eek::rolleyes: We had a parade of cars through the 'hood - refugees off the main drags outside our neighborhood, looking for ways around the back ups (sorry..there was none). Roads were like parking lots all day with powerlines down and trees down all around us.
Hopefully, tomorrow will be better!

[7rider]

Had to get around this on this morning's ride. It's across Sligo Creek Parkway at Colesville Rd. Fortunately, easy to navigate around it (I assumed the power to that light was dead!).
Otherwise...lots of debris across the roads, had to bunny-hop some caution tape...but not too bad. I think most of the homes I went by had power.

[HillSlugger]

I was out running yesterday morning as the skies turned black and the thunder and lightening started. I got home and had just closed my front door when the deluge started. It was all sunny by the time I headed off to work; took me 1.5 hours to drive a normally 30 minute commute (and an hour to get home)

Regina, how's the generator shopping going?

[Possegal]

My poor niece is in Silver Spring, lost her power for 5 days at the last storm, then lost it again once it was barely on, and now hasn't had power since yesterday AM. She's ready to move back to Pittsburgh at this point!

A former co-worker of mine had to commute from Ellicott City to Bethesda and it took her 4 hr and 15 min yesterday morning. UGH!

[Zen]

Jeeze. This is worse than the blizzards.