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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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Big Kahuna 26
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Ontario, Canada.
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Lanterra Blog > WEW! It started out here in Thornton awfully crusty. The skies blackened and Elmo my pure bred cocker spaniel ran around in circles as if the world was going to end. With thunder approaching I flipped off the AC in the house and settled down for a good ear splitting boomer of a storm. The red line on Radar was rather ominous as I watched it creep toward my town. As the front reached town the winds began to roar and hail started to clang off the cars parked in the driveway.
I sat very uncomfortably in my porch rocking chair as my wife peaked her head outside. Shannon did not see the danger approaching until she heard the first few clangs of hail hitting her new car. OMG the pumpkins go cover them up she blurted. Too late, as the skies opened up in a watery deluge that has so often been seen here this summer. I had thought of covering up the fruit but rejected the idea due to length of time it would take. I began to regret that decision as soon as the storm started to savage LanTerra.
I rocked back and forth on that porch like an expectant father in a waiting room. I waited for the infrequent hail stones to become more frequent. I scouted the clouds for signs of rotation. I watched in horror as the winds blew and howled across my patches. I listened for the sound of the storm to change. Lighting jumped from cloud to ground and boomed about every few seconds.
The rain pounded down but the storm never became a monster. It never crossed the threshold to severity and damage causer. It never produced more than but a few sharp pea sized projectiles upon the patches.
Elmo and I settled back down and rested, assured that the air was calming and pumpkinville was safe for another day.
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