Utah Morning Monsoon 2
As with a few days ago, I again encountered a Utah Monsoon on the way to work. When I left for work it was dry and windy, but on the way it soon started sprinkling. After a few minutes, I suddenly reached a point where it was raining so hard that the water couldn’t run off fast enough, and was pooling on the freeway. It was fun to drive through – a bit of hydroplaning, lots of splashing, kind of like driving through a large puddle. Then it was suddenly no longer raining.
Utah Morning Monsoon
This morning I drove through another of the Utah Monsoons. When I left for work it was dry and windy, but on the way it soon started sprinkling. After a few minutes, I suddenly reached a point where it was raining so hard that the water couldn’t run off fast enough, and was pooling on the freeway. The continuing rain was visibly splashing into this standing water.
Additionally, There were a few cool moments of lightning that were caught on the cam, and I threw those at the beginning.
Utah Monsoon Driving
This afternoon I drove through one of the Utah Monsoons that have caused so much flooding over the past few days. I was just driving along under the clouds, when it started sprinkling. Then, after a moment or two, it was suddenly raining hard enough that the water on the freeway couldn’t run off fast enough, and we were in danger of hydroplaning. After a minute or so of heavy rain, it stopped as suddenly as it’d started, and then cleared up rapidly.
Almost Missed His Exit
While driving today, an SUV had been traveling in the far left lane when he suddenly realized that he needed to get off at the exit we were passing. So he hopped across two lanes and barely made the exit.
Weave Lane
The white SUV on the left side caught up quickly to the car in front of him. He elected to pass on the right, but after changing lanes, realized that there was an upcoming car in that lane going even slower. So he slammed on his brakes, hopped back over a couple lanes, and hit the gas.
114th Wreck
Driving through the 114th S and 7th E intersection, I passed a rather recent wreck. The cops had apparently just arrived, and people were still checking the cars. It appeared that one car had been in the intersection when the other light turned green, and had been hit by it (though it doesn’t look like either ran a red/orange light, as there were no tire skid marks, there was not a ton of damage, and the cars were barely dented.
Triple-Trailer Fun
On my drive down I-15 this morning, I ended up behind a semi towing three trailers. It seemed to be having issues drifting back and forth slightly, and any of the minor course corrections were amplified by the number of trailers, such that the final one was going back and forth by almost half a lane each time.
Hazardous Merging
A couple panel trucks were in the right lane where it merged near the California Ave exit on I-215. A car coming in from the onramp on the left was nearly hit by both trucks right in a row as they tried to move over when he was there. Both managed to catch themselves before a collision occurred, but there is some noticeable swerving.
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