Looks like Frisco is going to get wet again. Oops...my cell phone is now screaming a flash flood warning.
Rather perversely, I'll admit I'm a weather junkie. I love storms, at least so long as they don't cause injury or damage. Unfortunately last night's lightning did strike two homes setting them on fire. But as I didn't know that at the time, I stayed up half the night taking in the sights and sounds.
My back doesn't like being prone for 8 (7?...6?) hours at a time, so I'll often get up sometime in the night and settle in to my comfy chair in the den to snooze for a while.
I had just gotten comfortable when the sound of rolling thunder began. It wasn't long before it was just one lightning bolt and clap of thunder after another. It was so bright I think I could have read the newspaper with the lights off.
Thunder seems to piss off the dog. With the first crack of thunder Luke bolted upright and ran in to the den to bark at it. K came in to retrieve him and asked me if I wanted her to close the blinds.
I told her she'd better not touch those blinds as I was enjoying the show. Then just as the crescendo built, it slowly died away after a spectacular 2-hour run.
The forecast high temperature for today is 84 degrees. :) This climate change thing is....umm....interesting.
S
It's only going to get worse before it gets...worser.
ReplyDeleteI just heard about Frisco getting a pounding from lightning and I immediately thought of you. Be careful out there.
ReplyDeleteSteve...I saw that on the national news this morning, too. It showed torrential rains, and the buildings in the foreground were right across the street from me. I'm guessing one of my immediate neighbors made a video around 2am and sent it in. I'm on the 3rd floor, above any possible flooding, and have another story above me to deflect any lightning. I think I'll be fine.
DeleteOne of the things on my bucket list is to get a good photo of lightning. I need to order a remote for my camera. Other than that, I should be all set. Tampa is the lightning capital of the world, so there are plenty of chances to get that shot.
ReplyDeleteMy mother used to be afraid of thunderstorms. I remember my mother waking up the entire household (all nine people!) and rounding us all up in the living room to wait out the storm. I have no idea why...
A giant detection network was built in Norman Oklahoma because that is the lighting capital of the USA with over one million hits per year. They give tours and explain their research free.
DeleteI keep trying to take pictures of lightening with my camera phone - ha! I love storms, as long as no one gets hurt. Unfortunately a friend of mine lost a good friend of hers who was hit by lightening while hiking in Colorado last month...
ReplyDeleteI really miss thunder storms living in Anchorage Alaska. We had one storm about 50 miles North of us and NOAA reported almost 100 strikes. Nothing like the fun storms of Oklahoma.
ReplyDeleteLuke takes thunder very personally ; it's the Yorkie version of "How DARE you wake ME with all this thunderous racket from the heavens! I am the Lord of all - YOU shall cease!"
ReplyDeleteand I'm his servant trying to calm the Lord's nerves before someone loses their head LOL