Day 180 (June 29, 2010): Storm Watching

Today Mel and I watched a huge storm that came in. Actually two storms came in.  One came from the west and one came up from the south.  There was about a half hour break between them.  We were expecting a hail storm so we went to cover the garden with blankets but it ended up that we didn't need to because we did not get any hail. It was a really good storm. Just west of the city got a tornado but we were didn't. We had something else planned for tonight but then Mel remembered that our friend Audrey suggested that we watch a storm sometime and since we were going to be outside covering the plants we decided to switch our plans at the last minute.  The pictures explain the rest.

This is how the sky looked from the car when we were on our way to our storage unit to get some old blankets to cover the garden.

This one is cool.  It is nice and sunny one one side and you can see the storm coming in on the other side.

We are now on our way back in to the city from our storage unit.  We are driving into the storm.  Notice that where we are now the grass isn't even blowing.  It is not windy at all.

I took these while we were at the garden putting out the blankets.  It is really dark!

This is the sun through the trees after the first storm.

I took this picture through our bedroom window.  Unfortunately you can see the screen but it is still a nice picture.  This is during the second storm.