Rain, go away

[Selkie]

Alert to all, if the rain keeps up, you might be able to see only the top of the Washington Monument in a day or so. They even had to shut down a section of the infamous Beltway this morning because apparently the road surface is "unstable" due to all this rain. I tried to ride today, between raindrops, but of course, it started after I logged about 5 miles. I don't mind riding in the rain but we are under a flood warning. Since the trail I ride is next to a stream and there were signs of flash flooding all over it (debris), I turned tail and headed home to Coach Troy & a good session on the trainer. On Sunday, I almost rode right into a flooded portion of the trail -- tunnel that underpasses a road -- that had been dry & passable not 20 minutes before. Are there any patron saints of weather to whom I can offer up some prayers for the rain to stop?

[ladyfish]

Suzanne;

You'll appreciate the humor in this: my boys are on a local swim team (here in Springfield, VA) and even though it's been raining heavily all day and thundering and we are under a flood warning, they wouldn't cancel their developmental meet this evening. They postponed for over an hour, then got everyone into the pool, then it thundered (yet again). They still wouldn't call the meet (even though every time it thunders you have to leave the pool for 45 minutes--time restarts every time it thunders). So I had to call it for them!!! (We didn't go back). Of course it thundered yet again after we got home, and has continued. I wonder if they finally "officially" called the meet.

It amazes me sometimes how crazy people get over kids sports!!!

[Grog]

Are there any patron saints of weather to whom I can offer up some prayers for the rain to stop?

You can write to your congress(wo)man to ask to support the development and use of cleaner forms of energy...

Pray your neighbors to use their cars less and do the same if you have/use one...

Avoid to buy too many things that have to be trucked/shipped from far away, taking a lot of fossil energy to get to you...

Etc... The list is pretty long.

That should help reducing the chances of flood in the long term. In the short term, getting rain gear and finding other routes to ride might be a more effective solution! But I am a strong believer that the two go together.

:D