Saturday, October 10, 2015

The calm before the storm

Early this morning the National Weather Service issued a special weather alert for our area. Our cool ocean temperatures can't support a hurricane, but the remnants of Hurricane Oho were predicted to bring heavy rain and wind to 40mph to the area early this afternoon. A local TV station repeated the warning.
             

 The morning was dead calm. I went about the yard battening down the hatches in anticipation of a big blow. After making sure that everything was secure I rewarded myself for a job well done with a ride on the fixie to fetch a maple bar and chocolate milk. It was surprisingly warm, nearly 70 degrees at 10 AM.


I got my treats and consumed them in the parking lot.  It was such a beautiful morning that I went for some bonus miles riding around the neighborhood. 


 At 1PM, right on cue, the wind started swaying the tree branches around, and dark clouds began rolling in. I decided I'd best get back home.


Within a half hour of arriving back home the nice morning had morphed into this:
         

It was a nice ride while it lasted.

.......Road bike........Rollers.......MTB.......Lifecycle....Total
Today........9...............0..............0..............0..............9
Jan..........765.............0..............0..............0.............765
Feb..........248............0..............0..............0..............248
March......183...........0...............0.............0...............183
April........228...........0...............0.............0...............228
May.........200............0..............0.............0...............200
June.........199...........0...............26...........0...............225
July..........246...........0...............0.............0...............246
August.....502...........0...............0.............0...............502
Sept..........974...........0..............44............0..............1018
Oct...........421............0...............0.............0...............421
Total........3818.........0...............70............0..............3888

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