Got caught in quite a storm last night driving home from jitsu. Lots and lots of lightning and thunder and massive amounts of water coming down.
There was so much water on the road that when driving I didn't just leave a wake, I was producing waves on both sides of the car that were reaching the windows. Indeed, the water would slow the car down considerably in spots.
It was worse around jitsu, as they are doing road construction and likely have the sewer grates covered to prevent dirt coming in, so there was a lot more water on the road around there.
Made it home safely, driving carefully and no major issues.
The storm was certainly more enjoyable from indoors, though I got soaked twice - first going from jitsu to my car just a few yards away (needed the shower anyways) and then car to home (probably needed the second shower as well) .
This morning along the roadway there's a nice pond, complete with ducks, where there had only been a ditch before.
That's a lot of water dropping in a very short time.
So much so the storm from two nights ago fouled traffic at Detroit Metro Airport, due to both pumps failing, and again, road work with covered sewer grates leading to flooded out highway tunnels and lower areas on the highway, not to mention the sheer volume of water.
Didn't lose power but lots of other people certainly did, and Ingham County got to sadly experience a tornado, which is never a good thing.
Update: It's now confirmed that three tornadoes touched down in the state during this storm, ranging in power from EF0 to EF1, causing at least one death and a lot of property damage.
Cloudy and low IFR out today, which puts the kibbosh on a planned flight.
3 comments:
Aaron,
There's always that ancient airman's saying about weather to keep in mind.
"It's better to be down here wishing you were up there; than to be up there wishing you were down here."
Been there...done that...It's an accurate statement.
Like your cruise trip recaps. Think I'm going to try to talk Mrs J. into a similar itinerary. She's raised in Wisconsin, she can stand the cold. This Texas Boy? We'll see. I did survive Korea, so there is hope.
Cheers.
juvat
juvat: That's for sure for weather and aviation.
It really wasn't too cold in July in the north for the most part, on the coldest days, a sweatshirt or light sweater sufficed, except for one time on deck when it had a very chilly blowing wind going, and after an hour or so we headed inside. Most days, t-shirt and shorts worked for us.
That was quite a storm. The worst of it missed my house, but passed close. One of those tornados hit very close to my brother in laws house outside of Webberville.
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