We quickly made our way to the front door and out to the porch. I cannot possibly do the scene justice with words. It was amazing! Hail was pouring from the sky. The lightening was flashing over and over and the rumble of thunder was constant except when it boomed louder. The wind was blowing and the noise outside was deafening. I reached out to try and catch some hail. I couldn't catch any.
Jerod ran inside to grab the video camera and I took some video of the lightening and tried to get some shots of the hail on the ground, but it was really dark. The thunder was non stop. It just rolled and rolled and rolled except to take a break long enough to boom and then roll again. It sounded like a jet plane was constantly hovering over the house. The lightening was spectacular. It would light up the whole sky only to brighten it again a second later. The wind was howling, hail falling, lightening and thunder. It was a sight I've never seen before.
As it started to die we reluctantly came back in to try and settle back down for bed. Jerod opened the window in the bedroom so he could watch the sky while he slept. With out clothesline in the back (with clothes on it still) he said it was a sight he'd never seen before. It was like being out on a farm.
As stunning at it all was it did do some damage. The back garden that I just planted seemed to weather fine. But the side garden with more mature plants suffered some blows.
Our cucumbers didn't do well with the hail. They'll probably be ok with a little tlc.
Big holes in the leaves of the zucchini plants
Here's a pile of hail that was left after coming down the down spout during the storm.
Here's a pile of hail that was left after coming down the down spout during the storm.
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