When out running an errand, the sky looked very menacing -- deep blue clouds in the south and bright blue in the north. It was clear that rain was going to arrive. As I left the car for the building, I could hear a distant roll of thunder. When I got back to the car about 15 minutes later, the temperature had dropped noticeably. I headed straight home, leaving the task of filling the gas tank for another day. Being outdoors with lightening that close was not on my 'to do' list today. Nor was getting caught in a big wind with sheets of horizontal rain like the storm that visited yesterday afternoon. I got home as the thunder grew louder. It lasted for an hour or more, finally crescendoing into long drawn out rumbles mixed with rattling. Rain fell, but without the major wind that I'd expected. As I've said before, thunder storms occur less often at this end of the country compared to the almost nightly events on the prairies. I've liked such storms, though the tornadic activity that can occur does create less enjoyment. I recall living in southwest Saskatchewan and watching a lightning storm pass across the sky south of town late at night. We often did that from the back porch when I was a kid. Seeing a funnel cloud once is enough to make one begin to look in all directions during a storm -- much as I did in the parking lot this afternoon. The navy coloured sky would mean wind events likely mixed with hail at home -- so sky language also is different from one region to another, with the same look meaning different things. Go figure --just like the word used for the piece of living room furniture that seats 3 or more <smile>.
The song chosen for today makes great use of the word thunder <smile>. The rhythm of the song and lyrics remind me of the repetitive nature of the sounds of a thunder storm. Enjoy!
Thunder -- Imagine Dragons
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