We had a WHOPPER of a storm last night!! Imagine standing outside and looking up at the sky and seeing lightning flash from one end of the sky to the other. Nonstop flashing!! And every little bit a cloud to grounder coming down from the clouds. Well, that's how it was. It was such an awesome display. And then the thunder rolling constantly without letting up. Just this constant rumble in the air like an airplane taking off only it never quits.
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I was over at the church helping with the genealogy computer lab and that's what I came out to see when it was time to go home. I was really glad to get in the car and leave as it was pretty eerie watching that lightning. About ten or fifteen minutes after I got home the wind and the rain started. And the rain came in sheets that almost obscured our view of things across the street from us. I was so glad I got home before that happened as driving in it would have been really dangerous. It was such an awesome thing. The rain and lightning and nonstop thunder went on for about an hour before there were signs of letting up. Kind of scary!
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On the news they said that some of those storm clouds were topping out at 50,000 feet! And after things calmed down and made you think the storm had passed, we got hit with another wave. I had seen it on the radar screen on the news and wondered if we were in for it again. We were!
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Anyway, it was pretty exciting. There was a lot of damage done around the Valley. They said there were recorded winds of 100 miles an hour in some areas. 75 and 80 miles an hour in other places. We are okay here at our house. It's VERY humid outside today which makes it miserable, but we sure love having the good rain! So we can't complain too much over that.
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Not much else going on. Enjoy the Simple Pleasures today!
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