Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Sky Warning

Sometimes things are not as they seem. Often they are more; lots of times they return way less. This was a scary sky that drifted overhead Monday afternoon. It looked dreadful and ominous, but it was just a little ol' pussycat. Nothing became of this scary look above. Problems in other areas nearby however. Now, yesterday around here it was another matter. All morning and most of the afternoon, it was sticky, humid with a perfectly blue sky. While finishing up some painting, I heard distant rumblings of thunder for two hours or so. Later, some gray clouds covered the sky and it got dark, but nothing like pictured here from the day before. All of a sudden there was a clap of thunder that sounded more like a huge stick of dynamite. The sound lasted about 5 seconds or so. No rumble. It sounded like an explosion. Had never heard something like this storm-related, ever. The skies unloaded. Torrential rain that looked like fog. It was so heavy. Then came the dime-sized hail. They sort of resembled little sticks in a way. Pretty much covered the driveway. It was a rat-ta-tat-tat on the bulkhead, leading to the cellar, for about 15 minutes or so. We had two waves of heavy rain and hail covering about two hours. Then it was over.
One day sinister heavens.
Nothing.
Another, innocent milky gray.
Kaboom!
Weather's a funny thing.

17 comments:

  1. Yes it is, you never know what you are going to get.

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  2. Great thoughts indeed. Greetings!

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  3. I hope you had no damage and that your garden survived. I once got my car caught in a hailstorm with golfball sized hail - broke my windshield, put dents all over the car, even dented my chrome bumpers! So I always get nervous when hail comes.

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  4. Very dramatic! I've seen storms like that here, where the thunder is just overpowering.

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  5. A run-for-cover kind of sky. :-)

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  6. hope your roofs are okay! we haven't seen rain here in almost a month and a half. we're cooked dry at 100F each day.

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  7. Indeed! At least you got a great shot!

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  8. Weather certainly can deliver some drama, can't it? Sounds like you really got your share!

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  9. Love that photo of the sky. As TexWis said we're burning up here. Several counties implemented burn bans in the past few days. And in May and June we practically floated down the river to the Gulf!

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  11. I like a good day of dark clouds, torrential rain with hail. The sky photo is a terrific shade of blue.

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  12. Crazy weather up there. Can you believe that I have never been in a hale storm? After all these years? Just lucky, I guess.

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  13. This is a gorgeous sky! You were there to capture the image at just the right time.

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