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<\/a>These clouds looked and felt threatening, and when the sun went down, they delivered on their promise. And how!<\/p><\/div>\n
Some lightning strikes were accompanied by the corresponding thunder less than a second later.\u00a0\u00a0 It was astoundingly loud.\u00a0 We covered our ears and just waited for the next one.\u00a0 It lasted for hours.<\/p>\n
The next morning we checked for damage and took a saw along on our drive down the hill to the mailbox.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
The rains we had that night were by far the heaviest we’ve seen in our four plus years living here.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 He had six empty five gallon buckets in the back of his truck and all of them had 3-4 inches of water.\u00a0 The road reflected this amount of runoff, with a rock slide completely covers the lower roadway, along a particularly steep hillside.\u00a0 On the upper part of the road, deep gullies are opening into the road.\u00a0 The county may have to break down and do some repairs before fall.<\/p>\n
After the storms passed, the fires which were a result of the heavy lightning strikes have put a lot of smoke into the air.<\/p>\n