Made it home no problem. Riding in the rain at night isn't too bad. I wear a full face helmet so that helped. The rain on the visor isn't bad except when a car comes right toward you and the headlights flare.
There were a few lakes on the roads and some had trucks pumping them out. Nice lightning show over the foothills made it kinda pretty.
Well, it's raining felines and canines here. We've had 2 inches in less than an hour and roads are flooded. I park my scooter in the lower level of a parking garage and the garage is flooding!
I ran out to make sure my scooter wasn't drowning and snapped these quick pics:
My scooter is just fine but I'm not going anywhere for quite a while!
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.::I know the voices in my head aren't real, but man do they come up with some great ideas::.
TVB wrote:How is this flooding possible? You're on a mountain! The water just flows down the side, doesn't it?
I get that you are joking, but Denver is really still on the plains- the foothills are still 20 miles west, and the front range 50. On a smoggy day, you can't even see the mountains from Denver.
Denver's nickname is "Queen City of the high PLAINS," or something to that nature.
Well, I offered to stay late and cover a late case in our operating room.
We just finished -- it's 8:30 and still raining. Fortunately, it's only raining lightly but I hope the run-off has found a way to get off the roads.
Of course, it's Summer so I have my mesh jacket. But it's 63 degrees because of the storms.
I have a rain liner but the water will go right through that mesh and the cold nylon will feel oh-so-chilly against my skin!
I'm gonna change clothes and start my 23 mile journey home!
Keep me in your thoughts.
.::I know the voices in my head aren't real, but man do they come up with some great ideas::.
Yep, I spent an extra hour at the office today waiting for the rain to slow a bit. Took the high road home and didn't see much flooding but there is a lot of flooding throughout the city. I'm also hearing parts of the Cherry Creek bike path are under 4 feet of water.
From about 4:30 to 5:30 this storm was heroic. Some of the hardest rain I've ever seen. I saw some rain on my ride home but not enough to infiltrate my rain gear. Hopefully it dries out tonight and the flash flood watch ends without any major problems.
Andy
2006 Buddy 125 (orange), going to a good MB home
2009 Vespa 250 GTS (black)
2012 Triumph Tiger 800 (black)
2008 Ducati Hypermotard S, traded for Tiger 800
Yikes! Make sure your scooter is on the highest ground possible, in case that rises some more. We had a little flood like that in the parking lot of an apartment complex we lived in when a water main broke. We ran out and moved our motorcycles (both now replaced with scooters) to higher ground. Several cars in that lot wound up being totaled when the water reached their engines and interior. If I were you, I'd make sure the scoot is safe and then find another way home. I rode in some flash flooding (purely by accident) one time last fall and it's an experience I never want to repeat. My new rule is, if water is pouring off the side of the parking garage like a waterfall, I leave the scoot overnight and take the bus home.
That's a LOT of rain! I hope you're not stranded for too long.
