Saturday, May 24, 2008

THUNDER STORMS - AZ STYLE

Here it is the first day of the three day weekend and we are freezing our butts off! Wednesday of this last week it hit 110 degrees. Today we mustered a whopping 72 degrees and a storm to boot. AZ storms are quite unique in the fact if it decides to storm, the punch and furry they unleash is quite astonishing. The lightning is fierce and the concussions of thunder that follow are awe inspiring to say the least. Mother nature does have the upper hand in life!

Here are some photos showing what rolled over our house and glued us to our windows.

This photo shows the slow moving storm as it approached our house. You could feel the cold wind associated with this storm as it brewed. The winds started to howl around the homes making the storm's presence known.

This photo shows the storm as it passed over our home. It moved ever so slowly and growled like a saber tooth tiger. Mind you, this is the first "STORM" we have had since our arrival in August of last year. We have always wondered what the fuss was about when it rains, but we now understand. We were glued to our back patio door watching it roll across as if we had never seen a thunderstorm. Kinda like kids in a candy store so to speak. It was impressive. The storm blocked the sun and made it look like night. This photo was taken at 5:37 in the evening.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

jeepers creepers girl! We are just hearing the first roars of thunder tonight - I can imagine that storms like that are rather riveting down there in Arizona land. DH is up in Canada, DD1 is in Chicage visiting her BF.. DD2 is back from the MOA and up in bed, texting half the city. Miss Grace is still at boot camp-wonder how she deals with the thunder? :( Miss her terribly! Planted a garden over at my sisters house today - mainly lettuce, tomatoes, beans and peas. I bought a small package of peaches and cream sweet corn and might put some in my compost pit to grow... or back in the L. Rainy/stormy here tomorrow but expecting 80's. Work all day on Monday (duty) which means we'll probably be part of the Memorial Day parade at 9:30 a.m. Hope you get some calmer weather soon!