Mother Nature Is In Menopause Along With The Rest Of Us... And She's Not Happy

Mother Nature blew three consecutive storms into our neck of the woods, each one with a variety of hail sizes. The first storm brought thunder, rain and pea sized hail. No problem, right? Right. The second storm was another story entirely. It sounded as if Thor was up on our roof hammering with his very large sledgehammer. It was actually quite scary to hear and when it finally moved on, the damage was noticeable. It was the largest hail I've ever been personally witness to, many of which were the size of a ping-pong ball. It cracked the glass in one of our skylights and we don't know the extent of damage to the roof yet. The upside to this will be that we will get a new roof, in addition to new glass for the skylight, courtesy of our insurance company. It seemed like Mother Nature was having a hot flash and she was not the least bit happy about it.



We had numerous tornado warnings, which thankfully passed us by. We have a storm/bomb shelter located under the guesthouse in back, but I've never yet been down there. That's right. In the 23 years that we've lived here, I've never been brave enough to go down there. It does have a light bulb but that has never seemed to quell my insane fear of basements. I have peered down into it but it would take more than a tornado warning to get me down there. It's dark, it's creepy, and it has spiders and bugs. No thanks! I'll take my chances with the tornado. Of course, that would most likely be while I'm kissing my dumb ass good-bye.




This morning local meterologists are saying that we had winds up around 70 mph. For once, I believe them.


Did I mention how happy I am that I haven't planted my veggie garden yet? Oh yes, I am! It would have been completely pulverized by the hail. Sometimes procrastination works in one's favor.


What's really crazy is that there were people out driving around while hail the size of ping-pong balls was pounding us. I mean, WTF were they thinking? "Oh, look honey! It's hailing ping-pong balls! Let's go for a drive." There is no cure for that kind of stupidity.


This morning there isn't a cloud in the sky, as if the storms had never been here.




Happy Easter (and Passover) to everyone!