Crazy Thunderstorm

[CrONoS]

yeah it hailed in the south shore of Montreal, one of my friends said that his car was entirely damaged by the hail (of the size of a golf ball)

(i have to say that near Mt St Hillaire, there is a micro climate)

[Ninot]

I guess it was depending on the neighborhood, cuz we got none.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Wezil


No it isn't. I presume you were on the 401.

Semis are prohibited from using the far left lane on some sections of the 401. If you are in the right they can pass you in the centre.

I was in the second from the left lane. There was a semi on my right I was slowly passing (he was going slower than me), then out of nowhere a semi passed me in the FAR LEFT LANE.

It was even more dangerous than normal because I was dealing with torrential rain AND the intense spray from a semi on my right AND the intense spray from a semi on my left. I couldn't see anything at all.

If I could SEE the plates of this ****er I'd have written them down, had I not been having my hands full keeping myself from crashing.

It was intensely irresponsible. Not only was he going ABOVE the speed limit, he was doing it in BRUTAL conditions with very little visibility and causing real danger to other cars on the road.

[CrONoS]

lol, i received three instant message from three of my friends, saying that theirs cars were very damaged! (one of them had his windows broken)

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Asher
I forgot to mention the kilometers of torn up 401 which were uneven and completely, criminally DANGEROUS in this rain.

I curse McGuinty every time I have to drive that Milton to Guelph stretch. It has been like that for months now. FIX THE DAMN HIGHWAY!!

[LordShiva]

What's with all teh storms lately? I was in LA last week for a meeting, and my team couldn't make it because their flight from DC was canceled, so I had to wing it for a 2.5 hour presentation

[Asher]

Originally posted by LordShiva
What's with all teh storms lately? I was in LA last week for a meeting, and my team couldn't make it because their flight from DC was canceled, so I had to wing it for a 2.5 hour presentation

You are master and commander of this world, LordSheeba

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Asher

I was in the second from the left lane. There was a semi on my right I was slowly passing (he was going slower than me), then out of nowhere a semi passed me in the FAR LEFT LANE.

Depending where this was, he probably should not have been out there. The key point however is that the offence is being in the lane, it wouldn't matter if he passed you or not.

It was even more dangerous than normal because I was dealing with torrential rain AND the intense spray from a semi on my right AND the intense spray from a semi on my left. I couldn't see anything at all.

White knuckles.

If I could SEE the plates of this ****er I'd have written them down, had I not been having my hands full keeping myself from crashing.

It was intensely irresponsible. Not only was he going ABOVE the speed limit, he was doing it in BRUTAL conditions with very little visibility and causing real danger to other cars on the road.

Probably one of my clients.

[Max Webster]

Yes, we are sure getting lots of boomers around here lately.

Just sit back, smoke a fatty and enjoy the light show. lol

Mother nature is awesome.

[Lord Avalon]

SE Michigan was hit Sunday evening. I was without power for about 10 hrs. I couldn't report the outage on the phone, kept getting "Your call cannot be completed as dialed," probably too many people calling in. I actually went into work and reported it online.

Our area wasn't too bad off - I didn't see anything like trees uprooted, or big branches on the ground, like I've been reading about. To the east and northeast of my location was much worse. The paper reported 200K without power.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Wezil
Depending where this was, he probably should not have been out there. The key point however is that the offence is being in the lane, it wouldn't matter if he passed you or not.

Yeah, I understand the offense is being in the lane. I don't care why he was there, I'm just describing what he was doing. Obviously he was late for something, but it was incredibly dangerous and reckless.

White knuckles.

To top it all off when I got to the safety of my parking garage I looked over and saw my new windshield wasn't fully sealed -- it was leaking in the top corner of the passenger side.

Why did I need a new windshield?

A month ago I was driving the Milton - Guelph stretch of torn up road (which HAS been ****ed up for months) when a massive rock got kicked up and caused a foot long (and growing) crack in my windshield. I reckon it was a 1" wide chunk of asphalt (judging by the size of the impact crater) kicked up by a ******** in a SUV without mudflaps passing me ON THE RIGHT whilst I was in the middle lane.

A $300 kick in the nuts, it was.

[CrONoS]

it began 5 min ago in quebec city! I'm at the university... I'm goign to buy a chips and coke to watch the mess

[Ninot]

So around 5:30 pm the day I posted this thread, I lost TV and internet. It only came back at noon today while I was at work.

The rest of my street still doesn't have power though, so I count myself lucky.

[Asher]

Third world infrastructure in Montreal.

[Ninot]

Yeah, damned trees