An open letter to the weather wizard

[massbikebabe]

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Just when I get back on my bike it starts and never stops raining!!

[DeniseGoldberg]

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just when I get back on my bike it starts and never stops raining!!

I suppose that we should be glad that this is rain and not snow.

As of 6:30 last night, the town where I live had (recorded) 4.58 inches of rain, and it has been raining continuously since then - so who knows what the current total is! But using a common conversion of 1 inch of rain to 10 inches of snow - well, we'd be pinned down for quite a while if this was snow.

And the National Weather Service forecast has increased the amount of rain expected to 2 to 3 inches for today and another 1 to 2 inches tonight. My bikes have informed me that they are staying inside today, and I have to admit I agree. No biking again today...

[natheless]

I am bumming, the forecast is just so horrible. It looks as though, if we're very lucky, it might stop raining on *Wednesday* for a while!

Weather gods - it's APRIL showers...

[Surlygirl]

I repeat again "Wahhhaaaaaaaaaaa"

[DeniseGoldberg]

OK weather wizard, it's really time to stop. I just saw a report that says the town that I live in has already received 10.5 inches of rain in this storm, and the forecast for tonight calls for another 1 or 2 inches. I know that we needed water (it was a pretty dry winter and spring) - but this much water all at once isn't a good answer.

Yes, I really would have liked to get out on my bike this weekend, but this isn't about my biking desires - this is about the people who are flooded out of their homes. There are already areas experiencing flooding, and it sounds like the rivers won't crest (and there are at least four that are predicted to crest at two or more feet above flood stage) until tomorrow night or Tuesday. That's scary.

I hope that all of our TE women in this area are OK.

--- Denise

[Crankin]

This rain is getting scary..... my son said the Concord River was coming up to the edge of Lowell Rd. when he drove here from Boston around noon.

Now if the wetness in a corner of my family room would just go away. Hopefully, we all can ride by Wednesday, which is bike to work day and the Ride of Silence. If anyone is interested, one of the Rides of Silence leaves from Concord Carlisle HS at 7 PM, does a quick 6 mile loop through Concord Center, walk over the North Bridge, and back.

Robyn

[annie]

And I thought we were having miserable, cold and wet weather here in Iowa! NOTHING like you Northeast ladies are enduring! Our weather is just yucky. Yours is going crazy! I'm sitting and reading the newspaper this morning about 10 - 15 inches of rain in parts of MASS and NH. Unbelievable! Sounds like a cold rain forest. If we get any sunshine here I'll try and encourage it to head your way, too. There's got to be better days ahead! But when???

annie