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[ny biker]

Alexandria is still under a state of emergency. The GW parkway was closed in both directions during yesterday's p.m. rush because of trees down.

A guy who owns a company that does lots of home remodeling work in my 'hood sent his guys out with chain saws, and between them and the work the county has been doing, the streets of my neighborhood are now lined with pieces of trees. I hope that means the county is sending a truck to collect it all. Otherwise we'll be back to having people fighting over parking spaces like they did after the blizzards.

However I did have electricity last night. It had gone out after the storm but was back on before I got home.

BTW I saw on the news this morning that a woman in Cumberland was hit by a tree while riding her bike and was killed. I do think about that kind of thing when I get caught in a storm -- the other night it started to rain while I was out riding and I seriously wondered what would happen if I just went and stood on a stranger's front porch for shelter. Fortunately it was just a shower, with no severe weather.

[7rider]

I do think about that kind of thing when I get caught in a storm -- the other night it started to rain while I was out riding and I seriously wondered what would happen if I just went and stood on a stranger's front porch for shelter. Fortunately it was just a shower, with no severe weather.

DH one time took shelter from a storm while on a bike ride in a church's doorway (no one was there at the time!). He later found out that the storm had blown a roof off a nearby building!

I tend to not commute by bike when NWS is calling for storms with "severe and damaging winds" or "dangerous lightning." There are a few places to seek shelter on my ride home...but frankly, it's not worth it to me.