Came in to the office yesterday. Nice ride in the morning, caught up with one of the few other bike commuters and rode the last half of my trip with him.

The afternoon ride started with a flurry of activity after looking at the radar. Expected 45 minutes more clear, with showers picking up for another hour before the main line of thunderstorms arrived. No problem for a 45 minute ride, right?

Wrong.

25 minutes after I left, it hit. Instead of an hour between the first drops and the main event, I may have got a minute to adjust. The next half a mile through a wooded neighborhood was spent watching tree limbs and swerving wide to avoid any that might fall down, dodging debris on the road, and sloshing through puddles and streams on the road. I'd say it was one of the top three of worst thunderstorms I've ridden in. Finally got to a gas station, where I stayed on the west side of the building under the south side of the awning for 20 minutes or so.

Afterward, the rain stopped pretty quickly, so I finished the commute. At least parts of four trees down blocking one or more lanes of traffic, including one big tree that blocked all four lanes. Arrived home with no problems, though, so another safe (?) bike commute completed!