Just to prove it’s not all sunshine and hot days here in Brisbane. I cycled to work in oppressive humidity this morning and this is what the street outside my office looked like 20 minutes ago at 4pm in the afternoon. To put it into perspective, sunset doesn’t occur until 6:47pm tonight.
I am supposed to cycle home tonight. I will be watching the storm radar intently to see whether it passes or whether I phone home to get my partner to come pick me up. The rain is one thing but the threat of hail, strong winds and drivers who can’t see is another (I forgot to bring my high visibility vest).
EDITED TO ADD: I ended up getting a lift home with my dad. The lightning was pretty epic and Dad was passing my work. I’d rather live to ride another day.
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When the skies look like that here , it usually means a tornado. Do you guys have those there?
No. We don’t have tornados. Up north they get cyclones but we don’t. We get short lived electrical storms with heavy rain
You really need to visit Nebraska in the summer. :-). We get thunderstorms that last for hours sometimes! Or winter, with morning temps this am of -8 and wind chills in the -30s. :-).
How was the commute home? My commute yesterday was a event and a half. One flat on way in, second on way home. Ended up having to put in a call to get a lift home. I only carry a single spare tube. At least the ride halfway (second flat) home was cool after that storm.
Sounds crazy. I ended up getting a lift home because the lightning was so crazy here and I didn’t feel like waiting it out. Live to ride another day 🙂
That looks a lot like the type of weather we get here in Texas, but there’s usually a tornado involved! I do love a good storm–but not on my bike!
Tornados seem super scary to me. They make me think of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. I am glad we don’t get them here.
They are very scary. Dallas has been lucky so far and hasn’t been hit since the 1950’s, but we’ve come close.