strange weather and RADAR!

[solarbird]

It got down to 0.9C last night. What. the. fuck? I heard they got snow in Redmond. After how hot it was on Friday, that just ain't right. It's also about 4C below the forecast.

But on the good side, we got a lot of well-needed rain yesterday. I was worried that I might have to water things. In April.


Yesterday looked like this, only with more rain

I forgot to mention about Friday's biking: King County got one of those "The speed limit is X, you are going Y" signs that tracks your speed with RADAR! and set it up on the trail about midway through Lake Forest Park. It made me laff. I was going 12! The speed limit was 15. PHEW I SURE FEEL BETTER!

(Maybe the RADAR caused the rain! zomg sekrit anti-global-warming action!)

Actually, I was pretty pleased that at the 10 mile point my cruising speed was still 12, particularly given that it was in Lake Forest Park. LFP is kind of becoming the reliable point on the trail for asshattery; aside from Ms. Don't-Do-That-In-Your-Car and the speed limit radar, it's also where they've put about eight zillion STOP! signs (a pair at almost every private driveway, because apparently private cars have massive precedence over higher-traffic bike and pedestrians), and is the only place I've seen them having local cops pulling people over for not coming to a full stop at completely empty driveways. They've picked up this real 'tude about the trail lately, and I have to say, I do not like it.

I'd be fine with YIELD signs. It's the come-to-a-complete-stop bullshit every 30 feet that pisses me off.

At least they aren't trying to sue to have it removed or something, unlike those East Sammamish bastards, who can eat it, you guys knew that right of way was there when you bought the houses, now shut up and deal with it.

Meanwhile, have some more flowers. ^_^


Purple Flowers

Comments

[quen-elf.livejournal.com]

I love those signs! Think I mentioned before that they installed one at work, where there's a 20mph limit, so it was of course my goal to break it. My record is 24mph. :) It does a smiley/frowny face as well as telling you the speed. Sadly they've taken it down now (or else put it up at another part of the campus ring-road that I don't cycle along).

[solarbird]

W00t 24! The fastest I've ever clocked is 22mph. And that was briefly and at the bottom of Ravenna Boulevard, which was very stupid given how terrible that road's pavement is. (It's full of cracks and holes and such.)

[starfallz.livejournal.com]

Yay, crocuses!

[clauclauclaudia]

Crocuses in practically-May? Well, I guess they're in the shade a lot.

[solarbird]

Early April, actually. These pictures are like four weeks old.

[quen-elf.livejournal.com]

I have to admit this is on a *slight* downhill - not enough of a downhill to roll down (or to be immediately obvious), but it does help. And there was a wind behind me that day. :)