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Well, did my thing, and was driving home yesterday. It was wonderful, the sun was out, I even had the window down on the truck, so I could get some fresh air.
Plip. A drop on the window. Plip. Plipyplip. Plip.
Dang it... Ok, roll up the window, as it's turning to rain again. Soon, it became rather heavy rain. Hmmph. So, I kept going. Soon, it was crunchy rain, then turned to hail.
Well, crap.
That makes it sort of hard to see, so I slowed down a lot. I felt great sympathy for the poor guy going the other way on his motorcycle, I am sure it was not a whole lot of fun to have what amounts to ice gravel in the face...
So, finally, heading down the hill for home. And I was listening to AM radio. When I hear "crunch". This is the sound of lighting near the area.
Oh, joy. No biggie, I am almost home... 'crunch' yada yada "crUNCH" yada
FLASH BLAMMM!!!
The lighting hit in the field right across from the house, and right next to my truck! It sounded like a gunshot... It terrified the cattle, and one young calf ran headlong, and tried to jump over the fence. I started a 'ditch dive' to avoid a head on with the calf, but he didn't make it over the fence, sort of half bounced off, and turned to run along the fence.
I floored it, threw gravel all the way up the drive, and ran into the house. Husband was holding the door open so I could run in. We decided the groceries could just wait...
I was shaking for a little bit over that one, let me tell you! On the bright side, I don't think anyone was hurt, cow or me, and Mom and Dad got to have their first weather spotter call!
Oh, and Happy Friday the 13th!
11 comments:
Sounds like a terrifying experience; for you and the calf!
I'm glad you are all OK
Hail often heralds the arrival of a tornado. I'm glad nothing that eventful happened to you.
You describe the hail storm so well I could almost smell the fresh charged air. Blog on!
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I don't like driving in the rain, myself. Storms... I avoid them like the plague. My husband has been caught in a couple downpours, so now he has me check the radar before he takes his bike for a ride.
Friday the 13th... I have never had anything bad happen on the 13th that I know of.
Glad you are safe! You will spend the rest of your life, i'm sure, wondering why tornado chasers are so insane that way.
Happy 13th!
I think it was... Thanks!
We don't get tornadoes here often, thankfully. Just earthquakes and volcanoes... And winter storms... Uh, never mind...
Thank you!
If I never drove in the rain, I wouldn't go anywhere much. :)
However checking before a bike ride is an EXCELLENT idea... And Friday the 13th usually is a good day for me. Don't know why, just is.
I thought that even before the zapitation. But then I am not real adventurous in that way...
I am reading this right after we finished a thunder storm here. A window shaking, rain pounding, thought the lights were going to go out storm.
Swinging through from the A to Z page. Good luck on the rest of the challenge!
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