Lightening In the Night

The radio broke in with the National Weather Center in Hanford. That serious sound that makes you think the world is about to come apart.

Thunderstorms and high winds were predicted for an area south of the Yosemite Park Southern Entrance, through the park and up the other side. The alert expired at 4:30 pm. It was hot. It was muggy.. so what do you expect? I wasn't going to effect us... or was it?

We got what we seldom expect, a thunderstorm and lightening show for a couple of hours last night. This doesn't happen much in Merced or the Central Valley for that matter. But there it was. The front page of the Sun Star today has a photo of the night time energy.

The biggest thunderstorm I remember witnessing occurred as we were waiting in Fort Collins for my sister and her husband to arrive from South Dakota. It was so bad it slowed them down that night. They camped in the Hodgdon's front driveway as it was so loud and so noisy that no one could hear the doorbell ringing.

Thunder and lightening storms are not all bad. They energize the air with a unique since of energy. These very hot ones that don't bring much cool to them are pretty unusual.

Today is cooler. We are in the high 80's today and with the breeze we are much more comfortable. I need to get and hand water the fragiles on the patio. They are not quite ready for the intense summer heat we have here.