Ok, but seriously...CRAZY!
Last night we had a mega storm roll through. Living in SoCal my entire life, I now feel that I have been very sheltered to say the least. Sunny, warm, and almost always 80. Occasional Santa Ana winds, and very rarely wet stuff fell from the sky.
Now to Texas. Yesterday started off as a warm and windy in the high 80's. Ok, kinda like home, just more humid. I can handle that. But all day yesterday, the weather forecast told us the storm was coming. The tornado warnings had been issued. The hail warning, flood warning, and high wind warnings were all in the forecast. And then we waited. ALL DAY I waited.
I must say the weather man do a great job at telling you where the storm is, and when it is going to hit. Finally about 10:00 last night the winds really kicked up and the rain came. Thankfully we didn't get a tornado, but we did have really high winds and rain. The thunder and lighting is a different story. Like you will see it, with your eyes closed, sleeping, curtains closed, see the bolts in your eye lids. I have never experienced anything like this before. And neither have the kids. Everyone was up last night. I am quite certain that one bolt stuck close, maybe even the water tower last night. To put it in perspective, the news reported 2,000 lighting strikes.
One thing that is very different from the storms out here verses home, the Texas storms literally blow through. They don't stick around, they don't last very long. I think one the heavy part of the storm came it only lasted about an hour. The lighting and thunder maybe 3 hours, max.
I don't know if this is something that I can get used to. But the weather doesn't seem to phase the locals. They go on business as usual. Everyone still goes to work, school and activities. They did have some schools close an hour early or sent people home early to prepare for the storm (at least that is what the news said).
As for today, I am going to be thriving on coffee and extra snuggles from Noah. We have more severe weather in the forecast so maybe one day we will get used to it.... or maybe not.
5 comments:
You will get used to it! Great thing about storms blowing through, is the rest of your day isn't ruined! Take it from this Florida girl!
You will get used to it! Great thing about storms blowing through, is the rest of your day isn't ruined! Take it from this Florida girl!
New adventures! And I agree with Jessie... you will get used to the weather. Pretty soon it will be no big deal and you will be just like the locals going on with everyday life. Hugs friend.
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