# What Rants May Come (Monthly Mini-Rants)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Tags:** monthly-mini-rant\
**Created:** [May 1, 2026, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688 "2026-05-01T05:08:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-rants-may-come-monthly-mini-rants/1029688/178 "2026-05-21T16:36:55Z")

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the first heatwave of the year ended in dramatic fashion yesterday evening with a very intense line of thunderboomers & pitch- ~~black~~ very dark grey skies two hours before sunset. Made for an interesting drive home last night, a couple of detours from downed trees &/or power lines, evidence of some earlier road closures that the various highway depts had already gotten to & reopened roads, & then someone going the wrong way thru a [traffic circle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roundabout-hysteria/1028186/210); that was pucker factor 11! Mostly on curvy two-lane country roads that don’t have streetlights so it was only my headlights to find anything in the road, like branches.

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