Jul. 20th, 2003
Rain Damnit!
Jul. 20th, 2003 06:14 pmIt's a hot, muggy day. The tattered remains of the hurricane that pounded Texas are pushing a mass of hot, damp air over the Bay Area. I hate weather like this unless there is a payoff in the form of a massive thunderstorm.
Call me weird, but I love thunderstorms. I never appreciated them until I was stationed in Georgia. A hot day, like this one, air just stagnant, think as molasses.. and a line of black clouds would come over the valley. Suddenly the air become crystalline, you can see for miles around, and the temperature drops 15 degrees in what feel like seconds. Then the sky opens up with huge, fat drops of rain that drive down and soak you in seconds. And the lightning! Crashing from cloud to cloud, striking down at random, with earth-shaking peals of thunder! I really miss those days sometimes.
It feels like that today.. we're almost at the edge of a storm, but other than the occasional passing thunderhead, it doesn't look like we're going to get it. Bummer.
Call me weird, but I love thunderstorms. I never appreciated them until I was stationed in Georgia. A hot day, like this one, air just stagnant, think as molasses.. and a line of black clouds would come over the valley. Suddenly the air become crystalline, you can see for miles around, and the temperature drops 15 degrees in what feel like seconds. Then the sky opens up with huge, fat drops of rain that drive down and soak you in seconds. And the lightning! Crashing from cloud to cloud, striking down at random, with earth-shaking peals of thunder! I really miss those days sometimes.
It feels like that today.. we're almost at the edge of a storm, but other than the occasional passing thunderhead, it doesn't look like we're going to get it. Bummer.