9/18, bring your steel umbrella

@eminva 31417 wrote:

Check out 2:57 for Hains Point KOM this afternoon!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhQySxqSANU

Flowery chapeau-turned-witch’s hat does not count as a helmet. Tisk Tisk.

Looks like the squall line is about 15 to 20 minutes from Rosslyn. We just had an outdoor public address announcement that I couldn’t understand sitting in my office with my ear to the window. I think I’ll shelter in place.

15:00 Looks like it’s crossing the Beltway! Yikes!

@consularrider 31420 wrote:

Looks like the squall line is about 15 to 20 minutes from Rosslyn. We just had an outdoor public address announcement that I couldn’t understand sitting in my office with my ear to the window. I think I’ll shelter in place.

Our windows open. They said “Arlington County is under a severe thunderstorm warning until 3:15.”

@Certifried 31374 wrote:

I need to get one of these great weather sites you all use bookmarked and open at all times. I figured it was much more wide spread than just MoCo, but MoCo has an awesome “411-911” text messaging system that I was quoting. It’s pretty cool, I don’t know if other counties have it, but I get alerts on all kinds of emergency situations; weather, road closures, accidents, etc.

You could always work for an employer who imagines themselves as Big Brother. Every time there is a weather warning, for the DC area, we get a pop-up window on our computer, an e-mail message to our work account, an e-mail to our personal account, and a voice call to our work phone. (I’m not sure if it’s a text or voice call to our cell phones, because I keep telling them I don’t have one.) I don’t mind the severe thunderstorm or tornado warnings, but the flooding ones rarely apply to most of us.

Update from Arlington (Cherrydale — had a dr’s appointment and am now working from home): LOTS of rain, but no other ominous weather. Just lots and lots of water. Be careful out there.

My work email said there was a tornado warning for DC (office is in Foggy Bottom), but it has been cancelled. I don’t see any mentions of said warning for NW DC at any point today.

I timed my ride perfectly. Left about 25 minutes early in a very slight drizzle, got to Old Town as it started to sprinkle, and watched a steady downpour develop a few minutes later. The MVT was empty, though I did see my Bob coming up the Crystal City connector, and just a bit of minor debris to watch out for.

Well, I certainly screwed up by taking Metrobus today.