Manfred
Stuart Brogden
What do you do when you're caught in a monsoon? Pray for a sunny afternoon and take advantage of it.
Perfect Use! - Riding in the Rain
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Looks like a pretty normal stop. Undress in the parking lot and SPREAD everything out. LOL
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Manfred
Stuart Brogden
Thankfully, I parked right outside my hotel room.
I was surprised by how much water drained from my riding gear when I stopped in a very heavy rainstorm and went into a restaurant for pie and coffee and to water out the rain.
On a different occasion in a very heavy rain I pulled into a car wash to wait out the downpour. Within 5 minutes a guy drove up and ordered me out because I was setting off security alarms.
So next I rode across the street to a medical clinic with a covered driveway entrance. (Clinic was closed because it was on a weekend). Shortly afterwards a security guard ordered me out because I set off security alarms. I don’t like riding in the rain but when I decided it becomes dangerous I stop.
On a different occasion in a very heavy rain I pulled into a car wash to wait out the downpour. Within 5 minutes a guy drove up and ordered me out because I was setting off security alarms.
So next I rode across the street to a medical clinic with a covered driveway entrance. (Clinic was closed because it was on a weekend). Shortly afterwards a security guard ordered me out because I set off security alarms. I don’t like riding in the rain but when I decided it becomes dangerous I stop.
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Manfred
Stuart Brogden
I was on a rural highway with no refuge and no safe stopping places. 35 mph was all I could manage and that was a bit much for the lack of visibility.
Once in late autumn several years ago, Mike Jr and I were riding home from a trip to the Texas hill country. We ran into rain in Austin, TX and were in the rain the rest of the ride north. It was mostly steady rain but we would run into the occasional gully washer. By the time we reacheded Vinita, OK we were soaked to the gills and it was turning cold. We got a motel room but decided to get something to eat first. We went to a Chinese place close to the motel and ordered. By the time we finished our meal, there was a huge puddle around our table. When we paid our tab I asked the owner for a mop and bucket to clean up our mess. He said he would take care of it. I insisted it was "our" mess and he would do no such thing.
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Manfred
Stuart Brogden
The monsoon I was caught in had high winds that 'bout blew me off the road. I took refuge in a Dollar General store for about an hour. Bought some trial mix and water, they provided a chair me to sit in.
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Manfred
Stuart Brogden
There was no refuge on the road where I was. 10 or so miles until I found the store - it was the only dry place for miles.
One has to think in ones current situation as you did. Frosty and I watched the weather radar East of Buffalo and sought out an underpass with German tourists on rented Harleys. Once we saw a break, we headed west at a high rate. Car washes are good as usually no one washes a car during a storm. So are gas station roofs. One kind soul protected one of us during the Spearfish canyon tornado/High wind event. The shelter at the Rally is perfect.
I bet JungleJim has seen a monsoon. A monsoon is a seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing, or strongest, winds of a region. Monsoons cause wet and dry seasons throughout much of the tropics.
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Manfred
Stuart Brogden
I went to Taiwan on business trips - monsoons are monstrous. I used that word on purpose.
When I arrived in VietNam it was a beautiful sunny day. Got off the plane and before I got to the terminal it was raining. Then I think it rained every day for 6 months. Then it didn't rain for the next 6 months. What was knee deep mud became knee deep dust. Ya, I think monsoon is a season. But we also experienced a typhoon (I think). There were no newspapers to read about it so I don't really know. We were out in the jungle with no shelter or any protection other than our ponchos. Wind, torrential rain, and more wind. You got to love your poncho and rubber air mattress. Those rubber air mattresses were heavy but robust. I slept on that same air mattress for a year and never a leak.
Another question I always wonder about is how long can you store your wet tent in the "tent fermentation bag" also know as the storage bag in hot summer weather?
I remember monsoons in Thailand. 1968/1969. A black sky rolled over and opened up every afternoon in summer. Deluge. Gully washer. Frog strangler. Words can’t describe the intensity of the storms.
THEN, as quickly as it began, it ended. Beautiful sunsets and cooler evening breezes. Amazing weather! The rice fields were feet deep in water.
The rest of the year was so dry that the rice fields had deep cracks in the dried mud.
THEN, as quickly as it began, it ended. Beautiful sunsets and cooler evening breezes. Amazing weather! The rice fields were feet deep in water.
The rest of the year was so dry that the rice fields had deep cracks in the dried mud.
Out west, with today's 15percent humidity? 96 degree heat? It just drys. I wouldnt leave it in there a week though.
The girls are soooooooo pretty.....here is Som
Poor Minty is dealing with the un Thai like Alaska weather.
We had one day out of 10 years at Spearfish where it rained so hard you could watch the water rise to the level of the gazebo
Ya, that was a tent tester for sure. I think Jim Moore had the only tent failure.
