Author Topic: OMG - Enough with the rain already! (Read 778 times)

Max Wedge · « **on:** June 24, 2014, 11:11:31 AM »

Can we please go like 4-5 days without rain please? My waterproof boots and gloves are starting to look like prunes! Have we gone like a week without rain yet this year? I mean, I'm okay with riding in the rain, but if I wanted to do that everyday I would have moved to the Pacific Northwet or something....

Still...it beats snow.

mxvet57 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 24, 2014, 12:16:30 PM »

Paging Coho.

jadziadax8 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 24, 2014, 12:18:14 PM »

Quote from: mxvet57 on June 24, 2014, 12:16:30 PM

Paging Coho.

He's leaving R4 now. The rain may follow. That's my scientific prediction.

mxvet57 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 24, 2014, 12:21:59 PM »

Quote from: jadziadax8 on June 24, 2014, 12:18:14 PM

Quote from: mxvet57 on June 24, 2014, 12:16:30 PM
Paging Coho.

He's leaving R4 now. The rain may follow. That's my scientific prediction.

O.K. Spock.

Cookie · « **Reply #4 on:** June 24, 2014, 12:39:44 PM »

Quote from: mxvet57 on June 24, 2014, 12:21:59 PM

Quote from: jadziadax8 on June 24, 2014, 12:18:14 PM
Quote from: mxvet57 on June 24, 2014, 12:16:30 PM
Paging Coho.

He's leaving R4 now. The rain may follow. That's my scientific prediction.

O.K. Spock.

More like T'Pau.

ST.O
So much more than just a motorcycle forum!

Max Wedge · « **Reply #5 on:** June 24, 2014, 01:11:01 PM »

Quote from: Cookie on June 24, 2014, 12:39:44 PM

Quote from: mxvet57 on June 24, 2014, 12:21:59 PM
Quote from: jadziadax8 on June 24, 2014, 12:18:14 PM
Quote from: mxvet57 on June 24, 2014, 12:16:30 PM
Paging Coho.

He's leaving R4 now. The rain may follow. That's my scientific prediction.

O.K. Spock.
More like T'Pau.

ST.O
So much more than just a motorcycle forum!

Whatever...as long as the rain leaves for a bit.

Bounce · « **Reply #6 on:** June 24, 2014, 06:57:39 PM »

Send it our way. If we had the same rain we've had for the past week, it'd still take us 2 or 3 years to recover from the 6 year drought.

coho · « **Reply #7 on:** June 24, 2014, 07:55:40 PM »

I had nothing to do with it.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

kneescrubber · « **Reply #8 on:** June 24, 2014, 08:00:05 PM »

Rained coming into Wichita this afternoon. Felt nice.

Sent from the top of Orthanc

Using mothes.

bomber · « **Reply #9 on:** June 25, 2014, 08:25:15 AM »

my second rice crop is coming in nicely . . . . .

say hooray for PR3s!

mxvet57 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 25, 2014, 08:28:08 AM »

No rice pattys here but my lawn is looking like the north woods of Wisconsin.

Dan K · « **Reply #11 on:** June 25, 2014, 08:39:02 AM »

I just dug up a broken pipe in my backyard running from the gutter, underground to the back of my yard. It had somehow pooped through to the grass (not buried) and cracked, causing a tripping hazard for kids. With the new flexible pipe (perforated with a bubbler at the end for serious downfalls), the grass is not so pretty, lots of dirt over the grass and spots that need to fill in. Rain is welcome this week.

- Dan

Max Wedge · « **Reply #12 on:** June 25, 2014, 09:49:09 AM »

I don't think we have gone more than 5 days in a row without some form or precipitation falling from the sky since the beginning of the year. This calls for drastic measures, so, I am fitting Anakee3's to the GS (they are supposedly good in the rain). Now that I have good rain tires, it should ensure a draught shortly.

mxvet57 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 25, 2014, 10:26:19 AM »

Sunny and 70 here. Maybe I'll was the bike.

Stripes · « **Reply #14 on:** June 25, 2014, 05:03:07 PM »

It's gone... for a few days.

Cablebandit · « **Reply #15 on:** June 25, 2014, 06:16:53 PM »

Quote from: Cookie on June 24, 2014, 12:39:44 PM

More like T'Pau.

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Cookie · « **Reply #16 on:** June 25, 2014, 06:25:20 PM »

Quote from: Cablebandit on June 25, 2014, 06:16:53 PM

Quote from: Cookie on June 24, 2014, 12:39:44 PM

More like T'Pau.

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coho · « **Reply #17 on:** June 25, 2014, 08:16:34 PM »

Quote from: Cookie on June 25, 2014, 06:25:20 PM

Quote from: Cablebandit on June 25, 2014, 06:16:53 PM
Quote from: Cookie on June 24, 2014, 12:39:44 PM

More like T'Pau.

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FTFY

Cookie · « **Reply #18 on:** June 26, 2014, 05:12:43 AM »

Well, there that.

jadziadax8 · « **Reply #19 on:** June 26, 2014, 08:52:27 AM »

Quote from: Cookie on June 25, 2014, 06:25:20 PM

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That would be T'Pol and I've never been that skinny. Oh, and I'm a better actor.

Max Wedge · « **Reply #20 on:** June 26, 2014, 01:22:02 PM »

Got new tires! It's clouding up, it was sunny....

Zixxerpilot · « **Reply #21 on:** June 26, 2014, 08:16:54 PM »

We should be good for a while. The rain stick is parked while I heal and collect parts for the repair.

Unless it passed the torch. Check your start buttons for strange looking Tiki writing...

mxvet57 · « **Reply #22 on:** June 30, 2014, 10:14:08 PM »

Well we're on our second line of severe storms. The first line moved through at 6:30. This line is dumping a lot more rain.

Max Wedge · « **Reply #23 on:** July 01, 2014, 06:48:59 AM »

Quote from: mxvet57 on June 30, 2014, 10:14:08 PM

Well we're on our second line of severe storms. The first line moved through at 6:30. This line is dumping a lot more rain.

Yup got it about 2am. Lost power for a while. Monday it did not rain. That was one in a row.

mother nature. If I wanted rain everyday I would move to the PNW.

mxvet57 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 03, 2014, 09:23:23 AM »

Hey Max, Hows the rain today?

Cablebandit · « **Reply #25 on:** July 03, 2014, 05:01:54 PM »

He must have sent it this way.

coho · « **Reply #26 on:** July 03, 2014, 08:52:05 PM »

Quote from: Max Wedge on July 01, 2014, 06:48:59 AM

Quote from: mxvet57 on June 30, 2014, 10:14:08 PM
Well we're on our second line of severe storms. The first line moved through at 6:30. This line is dumping a lot more rain.

Yup got it about 2am. Lost power for a while. Monday it did not rain. That was one in a row. mother nature. If I wanted rain everyday I would move to the PNW.

It's been lovely here all week.

Max Wedge · « **Reply #27 on:** July 05, 2014, 09:58:13 AM »

Quote from: coho on July 03, 2014, 08:52:05 PM

Quote from: Max Wedge on July 01, 2014, 06:48:59 AM
Quote from: mxvet57 on June 30, 2014, 10:14:08 PM
Well we're on our second line of severe storms. The first line moved through at 6:30. This line is dumping a lot more rain.

Yup got it about 2am. Lost power for a while. Monday it did not rain. That was one in a row. mother nature. If I wanted rain everyday I would move to the PNW.

It's been lovely here all week.

So I went west for better weather. Not the pacific, but Michigan. The weather here on the west side of the state has been grand. Will be here for another week, so here's hoping.
Oh, and roads are better too.

sleazy rider · « **Reply #28 on:** July 05, 2014, 10:34:36 AM »

Quote from: Max Wedge on July 05, 2014, 09:58:13 AM

Quote from: coho on July 03, 2014, 08:52:05 PM
Quote from: Max Wedge on July 01, 2014, 06:48:59 AM
Quote from: mxvet57 on June 30, 2014, 10:14:08 PM
Well we're on our second line of severe storms. The first line moved through at 6:30. This line is dumping a lot more rain.

Yup got it about 2am. Lost power for a while. Monday it did not rain. That was one in a row. mother nature. If I wanted rain everyday I would move to the PNW.

It's been lovely here all week.

So I went west for better weather. Not the pacific, but Michigan. The weather here on the west side of the state has been grand. Will be here for another week, so here's hoping.
Oh, and roads are better too.

Are you the Michigan version of R Doug?? You left and the sun came out.

I've been out in the yard the past two days catching up on the cutting and trimming. We really should have rented a baler for the grass.

Max Wedge · « **Reply #29 on:** July 05, 2014, 07:36:21 PM »

Quote from: sleazy rider on July 05, 2014, 10:34:36 AM

Quote from: Max Wedge on July 05, 2014, 09:58:13 AM
Quote from: coho on July 03, 2014, 08:52:05 PM
Quote from: Max Wedge on July 01, 2014, 06:48:59 AM
Quote from: mxvet57 on June 30, 2014, 10:14:08 PM
Well we're on our second line of severe storms. The first line moved through at 6:30. This line is dumping a lot more rain.

Yup got it about 2am. Lost power for a while. Monday it did not rain. That was one in a row. mother nature. If I wanted rain everyday I would move to the PNW.

It's been lovely here all week.

So I went west for better weather. Not the pacific, but Michigan. The weather here on the west side of the state has been grand. Will be here for another week, so here's hoping.
Oh, and roads are better too.

Are you the Michigan version of R Doug?? You left and the sun came out. I've been out in the yard the past two days catching up on the cutting and trimming. We really should have rented a baler for the grass.

I was starting to think so, but since I have been on west side, it's been great. Maybe I just need to move to the west coast permanent-like.

mxvet57 · « **Reply #30 on:** July 05, 2014, 07:51:45 PM »

I was in Michigan today (Buchanan) and no rain ether.

Max must of been far enough north to affect the weather.

Max Wedge · « **Reply #31 on:** July 05, 2014, 08:01:03 PM »

Quote from: mxvet57 on July 05, 2014, 07:51:45 PM

I was in Michigan today (Buchanan) and no rain ether.

Max must of been far enough north to affect the weather.

I'm spending all next week at the dunes, so stay tuned. 3 days of no rain so far...NEW RECORD!!!!

mxvet57 · « **Reply #32 on:** July 05, 2014, 08:56:32 PM »

Quote from: Max Wedge on July 05, 2014, 08:01:03 PM

Quote from: mxvet57 on July 05, 2014, 07:51:45 PM
I was in Michigan today (Buchanan) and no rain ether.

Max must of been far enough north to affect the weather.

I'm spending all next week at the dunes, so stay tuned. 3 days of no rain so far...NEW RECORD!!!!

Sleeping bear or Indiana dunes?

Max Wedge · « **Reply #33 on:** July 06, 2014, 03:26:48 PM »

Quote from: mxvet57 on July 05, 2014, 08:56:32 PM

Quote from: Max Wedge on July 05, 2014, 08:01:03 PM
Quote from: mxvet57 on July 05, 2014, 07:51:45 PM
I was in Michigan today (Buchanan) and no rain ether.

Max must of been far enough north to affect the weather.

I'm spending all next week at the dunes, so stay tuned. 3 days of no rain so far...NEW RECORD!!!!

Sleeping bear or Indiana dunes?

Silver Lake...the ones you can ride on!

sleazy rider · « **Reply #34 on:** July 07, 2014, 04:49:10 AM »

Thunder and heavy rain woke me at 4AM. Scratch riding the bike to work again today. At least I got the grass cut and yard work mostly done over the weekend.

FJR1300 · « **Reply #35 on:** July 07, 2014, 07:39:37 AM »

More rain expected here today. Maybe 3+ inches from this round...

mxvet57 · « **Reply #36 on:** July 07, 2014, 08:28:50 AM »

Quote from: sleazy rider on July 07, 2014, 04:49:10 AM

Thunder and heavy rain woke me at 4AM. Scratch riding the bike to work again today. At least I got the grass cut and yard work mostly done over the weekend.

Wow that storm moved fast. It came through here at 1:00am.

Max Wedge · « **Reply #37 on:** July 07, 2014, 10:53:21 AM »

Quote from: mxvet57 on July 07, 2014, 08:28:50 AM

Quote from: sleazy rider on July 07, 2014, 04:49:10 AM

Thunder and heavy rain woke me at 4AM. Scratch riding the bike to work again today. At least I got the grass cut and yard work mostly done over the weekend.

Wow that storm moved fast. It came through here at 1:00am.

Yup. Heavy rains 11pm, all done by 1am. Beautiful blues skies and 80's are the rule for the day.

CLAY · « **Reply #38 on:** July 07, 2014, 11:51:43 AM »

Tornado just north is my house by about a mile or so. It but a local RV dealer and destroyed a lot of inventory. We were fine.

mikephelps71 · « **Reply #39 on:** July 07, 2014, 01:09:13 PM »

Quote from: CLAY on July 07, 2014, 11:51:43 AM

Tornado just north is my house by about a mile or so. It but a local RV dealer and destroyed a lot of inventory. We were fine.

Seen that on the news, what RV place? General? Lots of lighting and thunder in the Kalamazoo area.

CLAY · « **Reply #40 on:** July 07, 2014, 04:25:05 PM »

Quote from: mikephelps71 on July 07, 2014, 01:09:13 PM

Quote from: CLAY on July 07, 2014, 11:51:43 AM
Tornado just north is my house by about a mile or so. It but a local RV dealer and destroyed a lot of inventory. We were fine.

Seen that on the news, what RV place? General? Lots of lighting and thunder in the Kalamazoo area.

Midway. Pictures of damage:
http://interactives.woodtv.com/photomojo/gallery/13077/1/

poweranger · « **Reply #41 on:** July 07, 2014, 05:07:36 PM »

I stopped at the RV dealer on the way to the bbq. You were right in the path of that Clay had it touched down a little sooner. Glad to see it missed ya!

CLAY · « **Reply #42 on:** July 07, 2014, 10:10:37 PM »

Turns out I WAS right in the path. It came right overhead but didn't touch down yet by my house.

My house is right in line with all the damage- it was just further east of me.

A friend of mine is a pastor at a church in the neighborhood that got hit. He called me about 7 and asked if I could help clear the driveway of one of his members. 7:30 we were cutting trees, and have a ways more to go tomorrow to clear the driveway. I shot video on the way in- here it is:

http://youtu.be/VDg8TvL3zh0

mxvet57 · « **Reply #43 on:** July 07, 2014, 10:36:52 PM »

Clay, Sunday riding with some of the F.U.C.K.E.R.S. in S/W Wisconsin I think we were around Clyde Wi and it looked like a tornado went through that area. Trees down all over the place. Patches of pines that looked like someone came through with a chain saw and leveled every thing. Some barns looked like they exploded. Only the frame was left. Also saw an overturned semi in a farm.

http://www.sport-touring.net/forums/index.php/topic,94210.0.html#.U7tlRUB0bJY

fourstring · « **Reply #44 on:** July 08, 2014, 07:19:31 AM »

Hell of a storm last night too.

Supposed to go racing at Palos in a few weeks, but I'm thinking the race might just be scrapped for conditions if they don't get a chance to dry out.

bomber · « **Reply #45 on:** July 08, 2014, 08:30:23 AM »

North side didn't get hit as hard as you guys, but we got about 3/4 inch of rain in an hour .. . .. .

mxvet57 · « **Reply #46 on:** July 08, 2014, 10:02:59 AM »

How much rain did we get? I slept through it.

mxvet57 · « **Reply #47 on:** July 14, 2014, 10:32:06 AM »

The view from the sport-touring garage.

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R Doug · « **Reply #48 on:** July 14, 2014, 11:13:47 AM »

My lawn has been drying up and turning brown down here.

mr.awesome · « **Reply #49 on:** July 14, 2014, 11:38:46 AM »

Quote from: R Doug on July 14, 2014, 11:13:47 AM

My lawn has been drying up and turning brown down here.

See what happens when you stop riding Doug

Have been digging on the rain of late, my pond is full again. level came up at least a foot. Has been going out the overflow pipe the last few days.

Max Wedge · « **Reply #50 on:** July 14, 2014, 01:55:20 PM »

I'm back on the eastside, rode to work in the rain this morning. Still looking for that 5 day stretch......

Dan K · « **Reply #51 on:** July 14, 2014, 03:34:48 PM »

Quote from: mxvet57 on July 14, 2014, 10:32:06 AM

The view from the sport-touring garage.

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This is good - I finally seeded the dirt spots that resulted from my yard digging (see post above) and this should help the seed sprout and take root immensely. (I live a couple towns away from Ed).

- Dan

mxvet57 · « **Reply #52 on:** July 25, 2014, 10:16:09 PM »

Doug please ride your motorcycle. I need rain for my lawn. I had to water the back yard today.

R Doug · « **Reply #53 on:** July 26, 2014, 05:48:21 AM »

I'm looking at dirt bikes today. Maybe that will help?

Cookie · « **Reply #54 on:** July 26, 2014, 06:10:40 AM »

You mean mud bikes, right?

R Doug · « **Reply #55 on:** July 26, 2014, 07:39:50 AM »

Quote from: Cookie on July 26, 2014, 06:10:40 AM

You mean mud bikes, right?

Touche

Max Wedge · « **Reply #56 on:** July 26, 2014, 02:45:37 PM »

Max Wedge · « **Reply #57 on:** August 11, 2014, 10:27:37 PM »

Seriously-it's not funny any more.

Daughters car ended up flooded while sitting in the parking lot of her apt complex.

FJR1300 · « **Reply #58 on:** August 12, 2014, 10:06:03 AM »

Quote from: Max Wedge on August 11, 2014, 10:27:37 PM

Seriously-it's not funny any more. Daughters car ended up flooded while sitting in the parking lot of her apt complex.

I heard about that and yet we get nothing again. The lake is down almost two feet. I don't know how I am going to get my boat in the water.

Max Wedge · « **Reply #59 on:** August 12, 2014, 10:27:12 AM »

Quote from: FJR1300 on August 12, 2014, 10:06:03 AM

Quote from: Max Wedge on August 11, 2014, 10:27:37 PM
Seriously-it's not funny any more. Daughters car ended up flooded while sitting in the parking lot of her apt complex.

I heard about that and yet we get nothing again. The lake is down almost two feet. I don't know how I am going to get my boat in the water.

Aren't you downstream? Should be good to go in a day or two.

FJR1300 · « **Reply #60 on:** August 12, 2014, 10:35:07 AM »

Quote from: Max Wedge on August 12, 2014, 10:27:12 AM

Quote from: FJR1300 on August 12, 2014, 10:06:03 AM
Quote from: Max Wedge on August 11, 2014, 10:27:37 PM
Seriously-it's not funny any more. Daughters car ended up flooded while sitting in the parking lot of her apt complex.

I heard about that and yet we get nothing again. The lake is down almost two feet. I don't know how I am going to get my boat in the water.

Aren't you downstream? Should be good to go in a day or two.

Nah... it won't be here until Saturday morning. The river is around six feet now and it will rise to eleven feet on Saturday. There are parts of the river where you can walk almost all the way across without getting your shorts wet. They work daily on keeping the channel dredged, otherwise there wouldn't be any traffic on the river.

mxvet57 · « **Reply #61 on:** August 12, 2014, 11:10:40 AM »

Quote from: FJR1300 on August 12, 2014, 10:06:03 AM

Quote from: Max Wedge on August 11, 2014, 10:27:37 PM
Seriously-it's not funny any more. Daughters car ended up flooded while sitting in the parking lot of her apt complex.

I heard about that and yet we get nothing again. The lake is down almost two feet. I don't know how I am going to get my boat in the water.

Sell the boat to Cookie.

kneescrubber · « **Reply #62 on:** August 12, 2014, 06:27:47 PM »

Quote from: mxvet57 on August 12, 2014, 11:10:40 AM

Quote from: FJR1300 on August 12, 2014, 10:06:03 AM
Quote from: Max Wedge on August 11, 2014, 10:27:37 PM
Seriously-it's not funny any more. Daughters car ended up flooded while sitting in the parking lot of her apt complex.

I heard about that and yet we get nothing again. The lake is down almost two feet. I don't know how I am going to get my boat in the water.

Sell the boat to Cookie.

He already has one.

Well, an anchor anyway.

kneescrubber · « **Reply #63 on:** August 15, 2014, 07:48:41 PM »

https://vimeo.com/103564187

This is great!

kneescrubber · « **Reply #64 on:** August 15, 2014, 07:52:56 PM »

Never mind. I attempted to upload a video of it raining here. Tapatalk apparently uses Vimeo for embedding. The link doesn't work and I don't really give a shit enough to find out why.

kneescrubber · « **Reply #65 on:** August 15, 2014, 07:55:04 PM »

Okay. Now it works. I'm a Luddite.

And a cretin.

mxvet57 · « **Reply #66 on:** August 15, 2014, 08:14:42 PM »

What do you call that green stuff on the ground?

kneescrubber · « **Reply #67 on:** August 15, 2014, 08:57:08 PM »

Quote from: mxvet57 on August 15, 2014, 08:14:42 PM

What do you call that green stuff on the ground?

Lawnmower fodder.