We are having a bit of a storm today...something about a girl named Cindy I guess. Anyhow, the lightening has been awesome...I saw one tonight near an airfield that I swear was from cloud to ground. Too bad I didn't have a camera.
I have always been a storm fanatic, even when I was little. My dad used to get my sister and I up to watch the storms in our hometown (which are primarily dry lightening storms) and I think the fact that he never tried to scare us with them, just encouraged our awe of them, makes me the storm lover I am today.
This little storm actually caused us to stop playing soccer tonight. We had a few that were far away and then a close one and that was all she wrote...everyone headed for their cars.
Thing is that after leaving the field, I headed towards the storm because I wanted to watch it...I think in another life, I would have chosen to be a storm chaser (although I am sure it is not as fun as the movies make it look). That is when I got to see the almost full strike.
Thing is that right after that bolt, I was passed by a fire truck with lights and sirens going...hope no one got hurt.
Mishka, did you grow up in Arizona? :) We used to get the most amazing lightning storms when I was little there. Sometimes just because it was so dry. I like thunder and lightning storms too, there is something powerful, yet magical, about them.
ReplyDeleteNo, I grew up in Southern Oregon. We have hot dry summers there filled with dry lightening...it is awesome as long as it is not burning the forest down...
ReplyDeleteI remember driving through the Mohave Desert in the middle of a lightning storm, and the lightning striking the grouns at the side of the road, sending sparks up. It was cool! Um, and a little scary!
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