I drove over from Houston to New Orleans and as soon as I got to Baton Rouge, the clouds looked more and more menancing. By the time I hit Lake Ponchartrain, the deluge started and it was so bad traffic slowed to 20mph and you had a hard time seeing the headlights of the westbound traffic and you couldn't see the damn lake or anything else....Stayed that way all the way to New Oleans but let up a bit when I got of I-10 onto the parkway south towards metairie.
This morning, everythink looked pretty good until I got in my car and headed to the Huey Long bridge, which is a very narrow and long bridge. I was surprised, but you can actually pass another car on that bridge but when it is pouring cats and dogs, you really don't like to accelerate or brake. By the time I got to where I was going, the rain had let up and stayed relatively nice until lunchtime. Then the Blue VOODOO began again and it rained until I got back to the training center. Rest of the afternoon was nice until we secured training, then it was another cloudburst and the Bridge was shutdown....It took some good dead reckoning, a lot of patience and and hour or so of backroads, then major parkways (at stop and go) but I made it back to the motel. Took advantage of a brief lull to run out and get supper and it is pouring again. I suspect that Blue will have cursed the entire route back to Houston tomorrow. I'm going to try to get an early start before Blue wakes up in hopes that I can have a few hours on the road without fighting heavy downpours.
The hell with the global warming crap.....Blue is deeply involved in climate change but I don't know how he does it!
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Now Dave... I have to come toBlue's defense here. New Orleans and the entire State of Louisiana has crap for weather by itself. I know Blue does effect weather but the elements there seem to do alright without his help. *_*
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