I don't think it has rained here in a month. Earlier this evening I spied lightning off in the distance; a glance at radar showed it teasing us - unless that line developed further south, we'd get naught.
On the way home from a friend's place, I noticed the storms were much closer, but still not much lightning directly west of us. At home, the cloud base here dropped low enough that I could see the city's lights reflected off of it in orange, and then there was constant sheet lightning (lights up the clouds but you don't see any bolts). So I checked radar again, and YES - a huge line bearing down on us! I mobilized to get all the potted plants under the roof-line and set up rainwater catch containers.
Then I laughed in the thunder and let myself get soaked.
Good for you! I do that too and when people are around they think I'm nuts. What's not to love about rain? Especially when it comes so rarely and is so essential to life. I often have friends stop their cars when they see me walking through a parking lot, in the rain, without an umbrella and soaking wet. I just smile. They already know I'm a nature nut so they understand.
ReplyDeleteI love dancing in the rain, even still. Did get drenched unexpectedly recently in MD which was less fun than a true wild storm.
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