2008.07.28
In the middle of Monday night's downpours
There was a major reason I wasn't on here blogging about the rain and thunderstorms that moved through much of Southwest Virginia, especially from Roanoke south, on Monday night. I was in the middle of it, four solid hours of pouring rain from Bristol to Roanoke as my wife and I returned from an overnight trip in western North Carolina. The Bristol-Roanoke stretch usually only takes 2 1/2 hours, but we were delayed getting behind at least two wrecks, traveling behind wide loads plowing through the downpours, and at one point deciding to get out of the way of 70-mph trucks spraying us constantly on the interstate to travel U.S. 11 through the chain of towns in the New River Valley (Pulaski, Dublin, Radford and Christiansburg ... some of which were under a severe thunderstorm warning during the time we passed through them.)
In any event, it seems a lot of folks in particularly dry areas to Roanoke's south got healthy rains tonight.
The rest of this week will offer some similar chances: Occasional bouts of showers and thunderstorms, as moisture increases and hard-to-time disturbances move through.
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You should've stopped at the fiddle jam in Radford. We would've warmed you up with a nice cup o' java or a mocha.
Usually, people jam on the streets like they do in Floyd -- but not last night!
Comment by Ralph — July 29, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
There wasn't much going on in any of those rain-drenched towns as we drove through, but it was still neat to see the downtown areas. It was also interesting seeing everyone getting under anything they could to stay dry at Calfee Park in Pulaski.
I commented to my wife that we should travel that way more often instead of I-81.
Comment by Kevin Myatt — July 29, 2008 @ 11:34 pm