Storm

July 25, 2010: After several weeks of sweltering heat, temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit and high, unrelenting humidity, a cold front arrived about 4 p.m. dropping temperatures by 25 degrees, with high winds and gusts upwards of 90 mph. We saw the storm coming and decided to get in the car and head home.

No sooner did we leave Bowie than we found ourselves in a wooded area with flying tree branches, fleeing deer and lanes blocked by fallen limbs. We quickly got through that to the main highway which was more open but where the rain was so heavy that we turned on our flashers and pulled off to the side.

As the rain calmed a little, we proceeded down the road.

Eventually we came upon a small shopping center where we could pull off and park away from building, trees and signs and wait out the deluge.

When the storm abated we headed home. It was dicey going as the traffic lights were out at most intersections and not unusual to find a lane blocked by a fallen tree. We headed back to the Baltimore Washington Parkway but found it a parking lot inbound. So we quickly exited onto the Capital Beltway which was moving very slowly so we quickly exited onto Kenilworth Avenue While everybody else was backed up on the parkway, Kenilworth gave us a speedy way home!