Mon 28 Aug 2006
Note to self: Check the weather radar BEFORE going for a walk.
Posted by markj under Stuff[2] Comments
We went out tonight for a walk around the Panther Trail as mentioned in the previous post. As we drove over to campus, I was thinking, “Should have checked the weather.” It didn’t look too menacing when we started out, but as soon as we hit the halfway point, i.e., the furthest distance from the car, it started to rain. Just lightly at first and we thought it’d be ok. But soon the light rain got heavier and then it turned into a full blown downpour. We were soaked through in minutes and we were still a half mile from the car. By the time we reached the car, it had almost stopped and two minutes later, it did stop. The radar image below shows how tiny the storm was, but it was enough rain to flood the roads and fill the parking lot to about four inches. Lesson learned.
September 23rd, 2006 at 9:29 pm
Aw come on, sometimes it’s fun to be caught in the rain.
But usually when YOU are inside your car having fun with the lack of traction 🙂
September 24th, 2006 at 8:09 am
It took us two days to dry out Sarah’s car. We wouldn’t have been any more thoroughly soaked if we had jumped in a pool.