I just stood through the most amazing storm I've EVER witnessed!!! It was incredible! The power and intimidation of it! It was thundering and lightning. The thunder was so powerful that its rumble would set alarms off, not just car alarms either… Just down our street the schools alarm went off too! The wind was acting so peculiar! It would be windy then die down then gusts of wind would come through then rain just poured out like a faucet! Immediately (literally within a few seconds) the streets were flooding. Full garbage cans were being washed down the street. The roof was a waterfall to look through! It was the most intimidating storm I've ever been through. I was actually afraid to step out of the protection of our house though I desperately wanted to look straight up in it! As my dad and I stood there marveling at its power and beauty suddenly the entire sky was lit up like it was daylight, within that second the largest crack of thunder hit my ears, then everything went black… we had lost power. It was unnerving but still we stood there watching expectantly. The lights came back and suddenly the wind shifted directions. I felt cold pieces at my feet and noticed hail! The rain came down so strong that it looked like fog. My dad and I wondered how the wind could fluctuate direction so quickly without it possibly being a tornado (even if it was high above us, we came to the conclusion that it could still have happened). Even as I write this the lights are flickering. I don’t expect to be on the computer long. But I’m in awe! Anyways, we moved to the backyard to get a view of where the storm was going. We saw lightning strike then the entire sky would turn green. Our guess… transformers… Someone else went without power. I moved into my room and just enjoyed the amazing storm.
Sam had called in the middle of all this. I called him back and explained the entire thing. He was so jealous! But I don’t feel too bad for him. He got to experience some thunder storms in Rhinelander this last week. Hehe
So I’m sitting here just marveling at the power in nature, I just felt the need to share.
posted by Charity at 8/14/2005 09:10:00 PM 
