Well, for a brief few hours I did, anyway. Last night around 18:00, a very swift but fearsome thunderstorm raged over the city. Hail as big as marbles, lots and lots of rain. And of course, the sewage system didn’t cope with all the water all too well!
Ignore the Dutch text, it’s just silly anyway. I think the water stopped rising before any got into the car (the grey Citroën next to the covered motorbike), although I’m not too sure about that low-sitting Alfa in the other pic.
It came all the way onto the sidewalk, almost to the level of the single step leading to my door. This means my motorbike was sitting pretty low in the water. Hopefully the engine stayed “dry”, meaning no water made its way in.
Anyway, after a few hours the water slowly drained, and all seems to be well now. I’m off to work in a bit, if the car will run.
As a road block, I presume? I mean, what good is a 90 BHP diesel in a high speed chase?
And liirogue, some European cars may be funny looking to you, but realise that the complete reverse goes for us. I saw someone driving a Hummer H2 the other day - in Amsterdam. Now, anyone who’s ever been here can attest that this is a crazy idea. Big-ass car, very narrow streets, tiny parking spaces… you want a Fiat 500, really, not a big land yacht. Really, my car is pushing the envelope as far as inner city size goes, here. And it’s about a meter and a half shorter than an H2.
A couple years ago, we had such a heavy, sudden rainstorm that people were canoeing down the street a block from my house (on Selby just west of Snelling, for the Twin Citians in the audience).
