Thunder

Tornado season is officially upon us. When the weatherman says "severe thunderstorm warning", they don't mess around and you better pay attention. After an entire day of warm temperature close to 80 degrees and high winds, the thunder and lightning final hit last night. My experience with thunderstorms has usually been quick, hard rain, thunder and lightning, with a duration of 20 to 30 minutes and not usually more than an hour in length. Well I have to say things are different in Kansas as have been many other things. Last night, we had an all nighter. That is absolutely no stretch. I believe it begain around 8 pm and I was still hearing thunder at around 5:30 this morning. This was not the mild gentle rolls followed by a few streaks of lightning mind you. This was house rattling, entire sky lighting stuff. As if that wasn't enough, tonight on the way home from church, we encounter a huge, almost black cloud in the direction we were driving. The rain came down and in a matter of a few moments we were in a rain storm so hard, we literally could not see the road and could only barely make out the white side line. After a brief pause to decide if we should just sit and wait it out, we chose to make a run for it and made it home safely. A tornado did touch down on Friday and again on Saturday in the same town, which caused a lot of distruction and some loss of life so it is serious business, even though we sometimes laugh and joke about being in Kansas. Our little garden that we planted last week, looked like a puddle so we hope it all survives. So for now, we are all tucked in for the night safe and sound.