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Aug/2008
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30% Chance?
Ok so here's the deal. I am sure like most everyone here, we all check out the weather everyday. I ride to work home, wherever I can. Generally, I use two rules related to the weather.
#1 - If the weather report says 40% chance of rain or less; I ride. 
#2 - If the weather report claims, a 50-60% chance of rain or less d/t conditions favorable for a thunderstorm... I ride. Today they report nostly sunny with a 30% chance of rain.  No brainer? Right? So I head off to work, the sun is occasioanlly out, and it's cloudy. I get to work wait all day to get out, and it's the same. No problem, it's like 80 out! I stop at a couple places and ride around a short bit.
I see what looks like a big time fog in front of me, about a mile and a half down the road. Then I realized I think it's rain ahead? I pull over, throw on the coat, throw my pager, phone, Ipod and anything else in the saddlebag.
I start riding down the road again. Seems good............. WOOOOSH!!!! It poured like it was one big bucket! I was headed out East, with no place to pull over. The ditches were filling up and I couldn't see worth a crap. Before I knew it, I kid you not! My boots were filling up with water! I literally was starting to wonder if anybody actually drowned, while riding a bike in a downpour like this one?
The downside was, I got home took all the clothes off and hopped in the shower. When I was done I laid out my jacket, which was soaked. The leather had this weird odor coming from it? I never had this happen before, I hope it just dries out and it's ok?
Anyways, so much for 30% huh? Of course that's how it is here usually. The only job in the world you can be consistently wrong at, and not get fired.
Have a nice day! Ricky
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