June Banter 2026

[DanTheMan]

Miserable commute in. Saw two vehicles go off the road.. My garden appreciates the rain at least

[mdhokie]

4 hours ago, DanTheMan said:

Miserable commute in. Saw two vehicles go off the road.. My garden appreciates the rain at least

Just two? That sounds like a normal DMV commute to me. Lately even central MD traffic has been terrible. Not sure whats going on, but everyone seems really on edge. Last Friday I-95 was shutdown in Howard County, then Saturday on my way to Hagerstown for a softball tournament I-70 gets shut down. Many days rt100 where it merges with 29 is a complete cluster and overflow clogs 108/103/104. 

I was making a left turn on a green arrow the other day and someone coming from the opposite direction making a right on red never stopped and almost hit me (had I not slowed down). Then they proceeded to flip me the bird? Of course the car had limo tint on every piece of glass (inc. windshield) so who knows what was inside. 

[CAPE]

lol Knicks

[CAPE]

SA is very talented, but young. They aren't going anywhere. If the Knicks blow this their window to win a championship is probably closed. Now or never.

[Jebman]

Make no mistake about it. El Nino is ramping up. Right now, Midwest is getting soaked. Next week, at a time when the subtropical ridge should be established over south central Texas, yet ANOTHER storm cycle will be dumping even more torrential rains down on our communities.

It will get worse. This is going to evolve into a super strength El Nino. They will not be calling the summer of '26 the Summer of 2026.

They will be calling it the HARD RAIN of 2026. Autumn will be worse. Chillier than normal, with rain upon rain upon rain upon rain.

Get used to lots of flood watches and warnings. Put your homes up on stilts. Better yet - Build an ARK.

You're gonna need it! DO NOT HEAD FOR THE MOUNTAINS. That will be the worst place to be in this. Orographic precipitation enhancement will destroy many communities.. Man, this summer is beginning to read like a George BM intro to this thread every month. Oh wait, summer is still about eleven days away......

[Jebman]

9 hours ago, mdhokie said:

Just two? That sounds like a normal DMV commute to me. Lately even central MD traffic has been terrible. Not sure whats going on, but everyone seems really on edge. Last Friday I-95 was shutdown in Howard County, then Saturday on my way to Hagerstown for a softball tournament I-70 gets shut down. Many days rt100 where it merges with 29 is a complete cluster and overflow clogs 108/103/104. 

I was making a left turn on a green arrow the other day and someone coming from the opposite direction making a right on red never stopped and almost hit me (had I not slowed down). Then they proceeded to flip me the bird? Of course the car had limo tint on every piece of glass (inc. windshield) so who knows what was inside. 

I feel ya - on every point.

The entire Austin Metropolitan Region is absolutely exploding with construction right now! Millions of tech people are flooding in and traffic is a catastrophe - every day. Even Sunday. You gotta keep on looking. Never presume drivers have common sense. Many of them are texting or sexting and gawd only knows what else these days! You gotta keep looking! People down here just love pulling right in front of other drivers, often with no signaling at all. It's getting ridiculous.  And outright DANGEROUS. When you're not dodging rogue floods, you're dodging rogue drivers.