The weather has turned rather sour. I would not call it a thunderstorm so much as a sky strobe lightning storm with rain coming down sideways, nearly horizontally, and fast. Add to that the serious risk of hail. I could walk to the pool, as I intended, but the lightning and the hail make waterproof outerwear sort of weak. I could drive, but I do not wish to risk hail damage, even if my vehicle was not newer. What to do? I may call and see if they have a later time for swimming and check the weather then. Of course, I could do my straight-weights now in that case. It is unbelievable out there. I have a covered area between the garage and the duplex. It is about 15 feet long. It did not matter, standing out there, trying to stay to the far side and away from the rain, I still ended up drenched as if I had showered. I must have stepped out right as it was kicking up. Hmm, perhaps that was my swim? Hopefully not.
With every effort, there is a counter, no? I know everyone goes through disappointments, so I cannot beg sympathy there. And, one way or another, I will find my way around this, even if that means waiting until Wednesday as a last option. Wow am I wet, even after toweling off… cotton, good for some things, not for this.
I really cannot believe this storm! I love them, I watch them when they come up, but I have not seen this severity in a while. Even the flood rains were not like this. And that lightning… as I said, it looks more like a huge sky high strobe light… power may be going down. Oh, and the sirens are going off. Not good… I do not have a place to hide away. Oh well.
Goodbye?
"I really cannot believe this storm! I love them, I watch them when they come up, but I have not seen this severity in a while."
ReplyDeleteThere were two redeeming qualities of Oklahoma I discovered while stationed there: the incessant wind (which is excellent for flying stunt kites), and the amazing storms. I would go out on the balcony at night and watch them as they flew past, illuminating the city in continuous blasts of brilliant light.
The awesome power of Nature.
Yes, I love it when it is incredible as well. As you feel about storms I feel merely being in the mountains. I think they are both about equally dangerous? Bah, I stand out and look. Oh, we had 80mph winds, heavy rain, a hail threate, a tornado warning of course, and over, at least one, 3 minute period, we had 6000 lightning strikes... Amazingly.
ReplyDeleteOne of the few times I actually wished I was in Iowa...
ReplyDeleteWirecutter posted this years ago... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc0TTGDuuQo as I watched the storm footage I realized I saw this as a familiar place. Sioux Falls, Cliff ave. roughly 6 blocks from my Jr. high and 2-3 blocks from my favorite CHEAP grocery store. The Brick building on the left was a gradeschool, then old folks home (I sang with my choir for the elders there.) The white house a block off Cliff ave was the bingo... looked up street view Was right, I'd driven past those apartments hundreds if not thousands of times. Looked up the u-tuber that posted it. Hobo Shoestring. Rider of the rails and encyclopedia of train knowledge. Followed him till he passed last year. Worth the rabbit hole, if freely riding the rails had ANY attraction to you. Start with the old and time travel forward, Stories, knowledge, lore, facts, dirty truths, medical problems, beautiful scenery... I think I'll put his channel on my 'I'm bored" watchlist very much worth watching again.
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