Scary weather here in Hillmomba on Tuesday! At 12:45 I was sitting at the kitchen table at HIPPIE, and the skies went black. BLACK, I tell you! So black that Farmer H's solar lights on the porch rail came on. Black as night. Blacker than during the solar eclipse. I sent The Pony a text:
"Wow! You need a headlamp!"
"Yeah. So much for it briefly saying the storm was gonna miss us. Taking my 10 minute break now."
Good thing! The rain started whipping sideways, pounding against the kitchen window it never hits. Like it started normally from the west/northwest, then swirled in from the northeast. Terrible wind. I was actually feeling anxious. It lasted for about 45 minutes.
The Pony knew bad weather was on the way, and that it would arrive around 12:30-1:30. In fact, The Pony went into work an hour early. They've been mandated to start at 8:30 now, because the Amazon trucks have been arriving later. The Pony figured that if the trucks came on time, he could get the walking part of his route done just before the storm. I don't know how that worked out. Only that I was worried about The Pony in that weather.
By 3:30, the rain had stopped. I had to take the alternate route to town because of the bridge flooding. The Pony got off work around 5:00. Picked up some tortellini to treat himself for supper:
The Pony added sausage to the tortellini. I'm hoping it was some of the grilled bratwursts from the freezer, sent home with love after our cookout several weeks ago! No garlic toast. Just the tortellini with sausage. It looked filling.
The next morning I saw on the news that the next town over from Newmentia had experienced a tornado AND flooding. Also, a tornado hit Pittsburgh! Genius was texting me about another matter, and I asked if he was okay. He said there were trees down all over the city. That the roof was torn off a commercial building a mile away from his (3rd Floor!) apartment, but that it was "just" due to the 80 mph straight-line winds, and not the actual tornado.
Mother Nature is a harsh taskmistress.
2 comments:
That sounds like very rough weather for spring. Winter having one last hurrah?
River,
Spring here is potentially violent. It's the beginning of tornado season. The temperature heats up during the day, and then the atmosphere becomes unstable if a cool front moves in. I think it's just a violent spring. I've seen more flooding already this year than in any other single year living out here!
Post a Comment