I made a good call on driving today. I was beginning to wonder if the forecasters hadn't overhyped the storm because it was still sunny and clear at 4:30 pm, when I usually start getting ready to leave work. However, the derecho was moving very rapidly (40-70 mph) and hit my neighborhood about 5:30-5:45, when I still would have been riding home if I had taken the bike today. We didn't get much rain, but high winds and lots of trees and limbs down, power outages. In addition to the storm, it was extremely hot and humid with actual temperatures close to 100 F and the heat index well over 100. The thermometer in my car was reading 101-102 on my drive home and it generally seems pretty accurate. All in all, a good day to leave the bike at home.