A commuting tool that I didn't mention in my last post is the weather website. That radar picture can be your best friend. Depending on your perspective of time, it hasn't been many years that instant radar images have been at our disposal. I suppose it's really been at least 10 years now, so maybe that does count as having been awhile.
This afternoon a guy in the office announced rather suddenly that he was headed out the door... he had checked the radar and a line of thunderstorms was very near. Fortunately for him, he lived the way it was headed, not where it had already been. I elected to hang around awhile, since the storms were between work and home, but there have been times when I've left early because I knew storms were coming. Wrecks occasionally cause the commute to be a headache, but strong storms almost guarantee it.
Today, though, the radar warning was for naught. Somehow, the storms fizzled. All of the reds and oranges faded suddenly, and it didn't leave a drop at the office. There had been rain along the way, and there had been quite a bit at my house, but even that didn't seem to slow the traffic a bit. Quite a pleasant surprise!
And my lawn is happy, too.
Monday, August 16, 2010
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The weather radar is probably the most useful warning for me. Often, Google's traffic indicators are delayed and when I get to a "green" stretch of freeway, it actually turns out to be quite "red." Too bad Austin's traffic monitoring system isn't as instantaneous as TranStar.
ReplyDeleteHowever, when the weather is bad, I KNOW it's going to be a tougher commute. Thankfully (although contrary to the intent of this blog), I only have to commute 8-10 minutes by car.