It is a bit past 3 this Saturday afternoon in Fort Worth. About a half hour ago a thunderstorm started up with heavy rain and wind. The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued 5 Alerts since 11:15 am---one Thunderstorm Alert, two Flood Alerts and two Tornado Alerts.We are being very alert here.
Prior to the storm I went to Tandy Hills Park to get in some high humidity hiking. I was surprised to see the lady you see in the picture, painting the landscape. Last week, during the Prairie Fest, there seemed to be dozens of landscape painters. Today was the first time I saw a non-Prairie Fest landscape painter at the Tandy Hills.
There were more people hiking the Tandy Hills today than I've ever seen before, except on Prairie Fest day. Towards the end of today's hike a light rain started up. That felt good due to the high humidity making hiking like being in a mild steam bath. On the return pass by the landscape painter she was hurriedly packing up to get out of the rain.
I saw a new wildflower today.
And I saw something disturbing. Someone had removed the Tandy Hills Shrine, up by the Fort Worth Space Needle. A lot of work went into building that shrine. It'll be hard to rebuild because a lot of litter has been removed from the park.
When I got back here, because of that hot, humidity thing, getting in the pool seemed like a good idea, even though it was raining and even though I'd already done my early morning swim.
The lightning continues to strike and the thunder to boom. But it seems to be letting up. For awhile there it was being so wild I was expecting to hear the tornado sirens. But all I heard was pounding rain and thunder booms.
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