Quote Originally Posted by ny biker View Post
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.