Ok, I admit it. I post a lot of weather and sky pictures. But that is only because not much else is going on except weather phenomenon. At least I didn’t post any food or cat pictures this time (just for you, Diana).
Like, for instance, over the weekend when we had rock and roll thunderstorms crashing around our heads, and torrential rains to go along with the pyrotechnics.
These clouds looked and felt threatening, and when the sun went down, they delivered on their promise. And how!
Some lightning strikes were accompanied by the corresponding thunder less than a second later. It was astoundingly loud. We covered our ears and just waited for the next one. It lasted for hours.
The next morning we checked for damage and took a saw along on our drive down the hill to the mailbox. Our preventative tree removal project had been successful and we didn’t have to hack our way out of our driveway, like has occurred on occasion.
The rains we had that night were by far the heaviest we’ve seen in our four plus years living here. We talked to a neighbor who has lived up here since the mid 1970’s and he said it was the heaviest he’s seen as well. He had six empty five gallon buckets in the back of his truck and all of them had 3-4 inches of water. The road reflected this amount of runoff, with a rock slide completely covers the lower roadway, along a particularly steep hillside. On the upper part of the road, deep gullies are opening into the road. The county may have to break down and do some repairs before fall.
After the storms passed, the fires which were a result of the heavy lightning strikes have put a lot of smoke into the air.
An erie glow in an otherwise clear sky, and an orange sun.
Only the closest hillsides are visible in the thick smoke.
More storms are coming tonight. We are completely surrounded today by towering thunderstorms, already making rumbling noises to the north and west.
Hopefully, they will produce rain to go with the lightning; it will clear the air of all the smoke. The fires are not close to us, and there is not much smell of smoke in the air, but it is very thick. This time of year is always a bit disconcerting and I guess we won’t be taking any long day trips until the fall rains return.
I, for one, appreciate very much all of the landscape, critter, food, and any other photos that make their way to this page! I thank you very much for all of them!!!