2 posts tagged “storms”
It's not often that we get thunder and lightning storms in my neck of the woods, so tonight I had to take the opportunity to enjoy this one! Shadow and I were outside playing ball when I heard the first rumble... he was totally ok with it for about the first 15 minutes. Until he looked over and saw the lightning. Then he went nuts... barking, growling, jumping at the sky.
I took some video, but it's apparently too big for this site. :( Go to my facebook to watch it!
Wow, what a crazy day! We had a huge storm roll into town with some pretty crazy wind! My power went out at about 8:30am and SMUD still can't tell me when they'll have it back up. That would have been fine, but apparently this is the coldest storm ever and when I left my house at 4pm, it was 58 degress. Not a good plan for the rest of the evening. So I'm camped out at mom and dad's.
Things I've learned from the storm:
- Hanging a windchime outside your bedroom might sound like a great idea when it's calm outside, but it's not such a great idea at about midnight when there are gusts of 50 MPH winds.
- Your barbeque can roll across the yard even with the breaks on.
- A dog won't pee in 50 MPH winds and rain unless you're standing with him.
- Your neighbor's fence can fall down without taking yours with it.
- People will do some interesting things to keep their trees up (for example, the dude who literally tied his tree to his neighbor's oak tree).
- It's not a good idea to leave garbage cans out when there are major winds. Fortunately, I didn't do this one, but almost everyone else in my neighborhood did - there's trash everywhere!
Needless to say, it's been a fun day. I almost wish that my house were warmer and I could hang out with candles tonight and listen to the rain!
