TheScooterScoop

I didn’t get a chance to say this yesterday… but thanks to the young mystery guy in the Volvo!

On Wednesday night, at around 8pm, I was heading up Congress Ave… I had already looked at the AccuWeather report, which for my area code it seems to be very INaccurate, and it said clear tonight. Cool! I’ll get to make the Wednesday night meetup.

I got on the road and got 3/4 of the way there and this guy behind me starts sayin’, “Hey! Hey!”… I find that 30% of the time someone yelling “Hey!” to me after dusk is some wisearse trying to be funny. Well, after the 3rd attempt, I looked over my shoulder and saw this young guy hanging out of his Volvo window who, upon getting my attention, yelled out, “Hey! There’s a hail storm coming!” “Hail storm?”, I say and follow up with a “Thanks!” (note, I love having recently discovered the joys of open-face helmets and my ability to have conversations with those around me.)

So, I start to notice the lightening flashes both ahead and behind me. I still wanted to see if any of the other Austin scooterists showed up. No one. They probably use some OTHER online weather service.

Anyway, I turned around and headed back. Sure enough, when I was just 2 minutes from my house, the wind and icy cold rain began to show up (note, I don’t like having recently discovered the pain of stinging, icy cold rain hitting in the face because of my open-face helmet).

I made it safely home and sure enough, all hell broke loose. It was bad storms until 1am with tornado watches, flood watches, lightening and associated cats-and-dogs. THANKS VOLVO GUY! You may have saved my life.