Yesterday I lamented that day after day after day the weather forecast's prediction of rain and thunderstorms never happens, not a drip, not a boom.
And then last night, around 3 in the morning, rain began dripping in copious amounts, so copious that the downpour created a roaring sound effect.
About a half hour into the downpour there was a super bright white flash, and instaneous explosive, concussive boom, followed soon thereafter by another super bright white flash, and instaneous explosive concussive boom.
By dawn's early light no evidence was found that the close encounters with lightning strikes did any damage.
By dawn's early light it was quickly seen the last night's downpour had created a deep moat at my usual abode exit location. This neccessitated taking a detour to get to my vehicle do drive to Sikes Lake to walk with the geese and goslings.
As you can see via the photo documention, today water is roaring over the Sikes Lake dam's spillway.
The forecast for today's daylight hours is again for rain and thunderstorms. Once again that does not seem to be happening, what with a mostly clear blue sky.
I hear the tornado sirens going off right now. This test of the tornado warning system happens every Monday at noon.
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