Afternoon Storm
This morning was hot and sultry and cloudy and still. I figured something was coming when I saw how high the ant hills had been built up.
Sure enough, this afternoon we got a storm. Before the rain came, we heard thunder all around us—low at first and progressively louder. Here's the storm's progression as it moved in from the west and headed toward Smith Mountain:
At first the thunder hemmed and hawed,
Then huffed and puffed.
More clouds blew in,
The wind was rough.
The thunder grumbled,
The thunder growled.
The rain fell hard
While heavens scowled.
We were lucky that we didn't get damaging winds or hail like some area of the county did. We lost power momentarily; that was all.
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posted by Becky Mushko | 6:49 PM
5 Comments:
Glad you got a little rain. We finally got some this afternoon - 1.4 inches. That's more than we had during the month of June and the first part of July. It was a very welcome sight.
We got about a quarter inch, as far as I can tell. Enough to wet the ground and make a few puddles.
Light clouds here today... hoping for a late afternoon build up to a rainstorm. Fat chance, but I can always dream, right?
Di
We had originally planned to stay at the beach through today, but the weather was so grumpy in N.C. too. I'm glad we came back early. We just got the suitcases unloaded before that mess hit.
Rain is welcome these days. We received mostly thunder and lightning but little of the wet stuff.
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