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Storms

posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 01:30pm on 13/08/2008 under
Outside, the wind is thrashing the trees and the vines, and the sky is grey, as it has been all day so far.

Yesterday afternoon, the skies were blue and tranquil and lovely. I was upstairs when a flash of light caught my eye from outside. Lightning? No, how could it be? The skies were still looking blue and tranquil and lovely. But the rumble of thunder soon afterwards gave the storm away, a front of golden yellow rolling in speedily across the blue.



Rain fell furiously for ten minutes - and then it was all over.



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posted by [identity profile] supertinks.livejournal.com at 12:46pm on 13/08/2008
that top one is an incredible photo!

we had the faintest of rainbows yesterday afternoon, I'm guessing it was the same storm :-)
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posted by [identity profile] a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com at 12:51pm on 13/08/2008
That is gorgeous!
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posted by [identity profile] juniperus.livejournal.com at 12:58pm on 13/08/2008
AMAZING photo!
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posted by [identity profile] noncalorsedumor.livejournal.com at 02:41pm on 13/08/2008
Excellent photos! That first one is particularly brilliant.
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posted by [identity profile] crustycurmudgeo.livejournal.com at 02:44pm on 13/08/2008
Now, doesn't that make you homesick for Iowa? :)
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 02:48pm on 13/08/2008
Yes! This country just doesn't know how to do a real thunder storm. Or lightning storm. Or a serious rainstorm even.
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posted by [identity profile] sam-t.livejournal.com at 02:57pm on 13/08/2008
An Australian acquaintance of mine has been complaining for some time that this country doesn't have 'proper rain' (although presumably it does have rather a lot of heavy drizzle). Yesterday, when in my office it was hard to talk over the noise of the rain on the roof, and the car park looked an inch deep in about five minutes, he looked out of the window and said "Look, it's actually raining! I knew you could do it if you really tried!".
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posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 03:12pm on 13/08/2008
Aww. How sweet! It's true though. There was a lightning storm last week which was really good too, although too far away from me to achieve the full splendor of immediacy.
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posted by [identity profile] pennski.livejournal.com at 08:12pm on 13/08/2008
Wow - what a wonderful sequence.

I like to think we do a wonderfully subtle and extended range of rain-type activities including drizzle, mizzle, mist, dampness, the odd spot. Not all rain has to be about cats and dogs.
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