We were awakened around 3 am yesterday by incredible thunder, lightning, wind and rain. I was sure something in our house was going to get zapped or the lightning was going to start a fire somewhere. However, we came through it unscathed (other than some lack of sleep) and thankfully, it didn't last long. I was feeling bad for J who was riding it out in the camper all alone.
Then last night around 7:00 we had another huge, wicked storm roll through with high winds, rain and hail. We could see the ridge of clouds and then this wall of white coming at us. We have some bushes on the west side of our yard and at times couldn't see them because it was raining so hard. We had some small hailstones here and not too many, but with the wind they could do some damage. I had a few flower petals on my steps this morning. Again, thankfully, it didn't last long. We've heard reports that the hail was worse at Opheim, but no one has wanted to go check. M is so tired of these storms and worrying about getting the crop in that he said he's ready for winter. Be careful what you wish for!! It is very disheartening to have what you've worked for all year destroyed by Mother Nature. Some neighbors lost 5000 acres of durum in the last storm and estimate that it was worth $2 million. That hurts! Thank goodness we got the lentils (most of them) harvested!
So, everyone is a bit crabby today and I'm trying to lay low. I made a trip to see the cows and make sure they survived the storm. All was fine there, but I did notice where the heavy rain had washed down some hills and coulees. It's a nice cool day so I did some work outside starting to transplant to the new flowerbeds, the job I had planned to do this spring! Like everything, it will get done eventually.
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