04/07/06 10:05 PM
For some reason or another, I always get just a little bit excited in the back of my head when I know that there’s a possibility for bad weather. Yesterday, the weather forecast was saying that something would be rolling in at some point during the day, and by late afternoon I could see some pretty heavy weather moving in from the south.
By the time I got home from work, there was a visible line of dark clouds moving over, so I went out and played with Elsa (TG had to take Zoey to the vet after she ripped a claw out, she ended up being fine) until the rain started coming down.
As it turned out, we got a little bit of rain, but not a whole lot in terms of really bad weather. There was a severe thunderstorm warning for awhile and a bit of wind, but nothing that sent us to the basement. Based on spring in Nebraska, though, I doubt this will be our last encounter with the green sky and storms.
April 8th, 2006 at 9:44 pm
Thunderstorms scare me. Plus, the clouds in that photo make me scared enough even though I don’t see the bang bang just yet.
April 10th, 2006 at 9:26 pm
I’m not sure why thunderstorms don’t scare me too much. I think it’s because when I was a kid, I remember my whole family sitting out on the porch or standing in the neighbors yard while the storms approached.
One time, the tornado alarms started sounding in town, and I remember running into the house and down into the basement, transister radios blaring. It was a bit scary, but also kind of exciting. When we went back outside, the top of our neighbors tree had been ripped off and deposited half a block away.
April 10th, 2006 at 9:27 pm
Also, I just realized I look like I’m about 16 in that above picture. Weird…
April 18th, 2006 at 9:35 am
Damn, I miss those spring and summer storms. Even when I was in Michigan, it wasn’t anything like the storms out on the plains. I love watching the clouds move in and that weird feeling in the air from the drop in pressure. I’m jealous!