I normally post early on Saturday, but I had to race a thunderstorm. With the wonderful weather devices we have today, combined with a meteorological world which seems to be more volatile than ever, a storm is not a surprise, but a threatening entity honing in on us as its prey. Once I had word that the storm was coming, I got away from my usual posting place and headed home before disaster struck. And it has, a few times.
A few years ago, my neighbor’s tree came down and took out a garage; one week ago a severe system sent a tree through a window of a house blocks away, and took out power lines as well as shut down a major road.
Rain has once again become something to fear.
Some storms have been so severe that entire towns have gone days without electricity. I needed to be home, at my post, in case something happened in the driving rain. Fortunately nothing happened to us this time, but unfortunately we shall see more of nature’s wrath and might as our planet changes and evolves. The winters become colder, summers hotter, the winds try to sweep away our ecological transgressions.
The next generation may see quiet weather like we saw in childhood. Meanwhile, we will keep seeing the threats on Doppler radar and try to keep safe from their natural wrath.
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