Mon Aug 19 16:32 EDT 2019

Something you will not see commuting in a car:a great blue heron flying along the C&O Canal, overtaking and passing you.
You are riding a bicycle on the C&O towpath, and are apparently not considered a threat; you are perhaps even recognized by the heron ( Read more... )

5/16/2018 12:03 AM

NOAA RADAR, AccuWeather, and the Weather Channel (iPhone) have all been useless for seeing when the rain has stoppedI've just been up to the 2nd floor, which seems to have the nearest window, and it looks like it's not raining now. The RADAR still looks bad. AccuWeather says we're still in a thundershower. And the iPhone said it ( Read more... )

Tue May 15 03:20:19 EDT 2018 ( Read more... )

Monday 5/14/2018 8:31 PM

I think I just heard a Canadian emergency-alert broadcast test. I'm listening to CBC Radio One streaming from Toronto (99.1FM). The stream dropped, so I didn't get to hear the whole thing.

(I expect I'll hear it uninterrupted later tonight on WAMU - unless they also do an EAS test. [Nope, I wasn't home in time to hear the ( Read more... )

4 August 2017
Pennsic VLI - Peace-Week Friday
Friday 06:51

I'm awake earlier than expected. I had been thinking about skipping the 09:00 class, but I seem to be up and (almost) about. We're getting some light rain now. The weather's been rather good so far - not beastly hot in the day, not cold at night, and the pounding rain we've had so far has ( Read more... )

Fri Jul 14 16:28:39 EDT 2017

I'm working late tonight (software release), and I've got way too many hours on my timesheet, so I was heading in late. We're having a heat advisory; the bike's thermometer said 94°F/34.4°C. I was seeing large, dark clouds ahead, and I'd forgotten to check the weather before I left. When I got to the main road north to ( Read more... )

Fri Jul 14 13:14:31 EDT 2017

So much before/after presented here that many are going to read as cause/effect; so many unanswered questions....Baby dies after lightning hits pregnant mom in FloridaA baby died this week after a pregnant mother was struck by lightning while walking outside in Florida during a storm in late June ( Read more... )

06/19/2017 4:47 PM

Dry clothes feel really good.

I got caught by a thunderstorm coming in today. I ducked under the entrance of the Kaiser Foundation (1330 G St NW), but I was already quite wet by then.

The bike is cleaner. ☺

The chain will need lube. ☹

[This entry was originally posted as https://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/896696.html on ( Read more... )

Wed Apr 5 10:15:30 EDT 2017 ( Read more... )

Thu Mar 2 03:35:59 EST 2017

We've been having some rain. High winds. Thunderstorms in the forecasts.

I took the towpath to work this afternoon (quite late, since I left the office at 04:30). It had lots of puddles; I'd forgotten about the rain. In a nice surprise, the fences blocking Pennsylvania Ave between 17th and 15th Streets were gone. The ( Read more... )