Driving in the Rain by junge1
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This is the way it looked moments before visibility went to zero - luckily only for a few seconds, but twice.
The windshield wipers were going full blast. Southbound on State Route 77 between Oracle Junction and Catalina, north of Tucson, Arizona. Temperature 63F.
This was the rain in the system that caused the sandstorm that hit Phoenix about three hours later.
I had planned to post some aircraft pictures I had taken while at Reading, Pennsylvania for the annual World War II reenactment, but that has got to wait.
I never thought that I would get that excited about rain when I lived in Germany, Canada, on the East Coast or in Washington. But when one hasn't seen a decent rainstorm in a year this is a major event.
This picture was taken on 16 June 2012 at 3:20PM.
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Comments (34)
rocdan
GREAT CAPTURE , WATCH OUT FOR THAT "DONT MATTER"
crunch01
lol funny how that can go... when in a rainy place it is horrible in a dry place it is missed lol but wow that was a hard rain!!! I'm glad you drove through it OK! great shot BTW
bebert
where is the road ?? :) great capture
Faemike55
Outstanding capture! I can understand the joy and terror of seeing a hard rain when most of the time it is dry
MagikUnicorn
I hate drive in the rain ;-)
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. Very difficult conditions to drive in my friend. Glad you got to your destination my friend. God Bless.
Flint_Hawk
It would have been hard to drive in that!
drifterlee
I hate driving in the rain. Once, I was on my way to Toronto in a pouring rain and my windshield wiper broke. Could barely see to get to a mechanic. It was scary.
UteBigSmile
Oh' das schaut echt schlimm aus - Wenn du einen Beifahrer debei gehabt hättest, dann hätte er ja mit einem riesengrossen Regenschirm vorm Auto herlaufen können - Zwinker! Das hatte ich mal mit Nebel, das musste mein Männe auch vor dem Auto mit einen Taschenlampe vorgehen, um mir genau den Verlauf der Strasse zu zeigen - Lach!
Dreamingbee
oh my- (i hate such rain by driving) .. great shot !!!
jayfar
That was some storm and dangerous too.
emmecielle
Zero visibility! How did you drive in these conditions? Excellent capture! :)
junge1
@emmecielle. The zero visibility lasted only a few seconds, otherwise I don't know how I could have pulled over. Normally we often have zero visibility conditions during duststorms, usually outside the cities on the freeway between Phoenix and Tucson which occasionally result in casualties.
bmac62
Very atmospheric. Made me think of winshield wipers beating out rhythm. Hope you had some good music playing:) I've been in a deluge like this some years back but I think I was driving through some cornfields somewhere in the midwest. Imagine being on a motorcycle in something like this!!
farmerC
Very Beautiful shot.
junge1
I wouldn't want to be on a motorcycle in this mess. My very first car, a 1951 Buick I had while living in Toronto, a 'Yankee car' as the Canadians called it (it had a straight 8 and the hood opened from the side) had vacuum operated windshield wipers, and the time you needed them the most, when you were on the gas, they just about stopped. Always had to get off the gas to make them go faster.
erlandpil
great capture erland
virginiese
It sure is dangerous ! Great picture Sig !
Minda
i hate driving in the rain,its really dangerous,excellent shot sig.
bazza
Man that's some downpour Sig. Don't know how fast you were going but stuffed if I would be driving in this, concentrating on the road, AND taking a photo..
jocko500
look like rain here at times. cool shot. be care when driving and talking photos
auntietk
Whooooo-eee! Driving in the driving rain! You weren't kidding ... wow. I hadn't seen this when we talked earlier today. I sure see what you mean! We get this every once in a while, but not as much as one might think if they hadn't been here. It rarely rains THAT hard! Incredible. Glad you got to experience the rain, and glad you got out okay! :)
bobrgallegos
Wonderful capture of this torrential downpour!!
vis151
I know what u mean! I was in Pensacola Florida last weekend in their 14" flood! It was wild.
renecyberdoc
you know what comes to my mind.todays politicians have such a blurred view at things and it could be soo easy to ease the problems if they only wished to do so,regardless of religion and political party. we are all sitting in the same boat but apparently unable to get the right direction. PS.but sadly too many shit in the boat.lol.
nefertiabet
Ja, dort ist wohl der Regen seltener wie bei uns in Germany ;-).
tennesseecowgirl
I love rain. Nothing like sitting home on a rainy day. Driving in it is not quite as fun.
ragouc
Where is the road ;-) Looks dangerous to drive with this kind of weather...
mariogiannecchini
Excellent capture!
junge1
You get caught in this and there is not much you can do. Right after I took this picture the visibilty went to zero, the view stopped at the windshield - and that was scary, because even if I had wanted to pull over, I couldn't see anything. Lucky, the zro visibility only lasted a few seconds.