Storming in the New Year

Last Friday (4 January 2008) the Bay Area was hit with one of the nastiest storms we've ever seen.  A strong steady wind (40+ MPH at times) was aided by wind gusts of 50+ MPH, and accompanied by a torrential downpour that made for one dark, stay-inside day that brought down fences (yes, mine - whimper), trees and power lines.  It also put a halt to the obsessive compulsive running, cycling, rowing, etc. for which our customers are known.  Well, most of you halted, retreating indoors for a ride on the trainer, a run on the treadmill or just curling up with a good book.  Yet, while most of us took cover inside, no fewer than nine of our Bay Area customers proved that they are slightly off kilter (my personal 348th reason to love the Bay Area).  In my quest to see just how many die hard outdoorsmen we have at MotionBased, I stumbled across this comment: "Very, very wet and windy.  Excellent!"  That was jmcauliffe's attitude about his 12.41 mile mountain bike ride.  Fortunately he was adventurous enough to go during what was probably his lunch break!  (For some reason the weather data for a few of the area's activities is not posting.  Check out the steady wind speeds on Intern-Devon's attempted drive to work.)  Check out jmcauliffe's ride out below.  And, if you're curious to see who else in the Bay Area suffers from OCD, take a stab at the search functions by choosing a Custom Date in Quick Filters, then running the Map Filter.  HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!