One night a blip exploded onto the radar. It slid diagonally right past us. It created itself out of nowhere in the heat. We didn’t get a drop of moisture but we did get a good lightening show. I stood in the yard and watched it for a time before going to sleep.
Tag Archives: storm
Join me on a Spontaneous Quest to Find a Pop up Storm in the Hill Country.
It never did rain in Center Point that day. Im glad i took a detour to find the rain. Otherwise i never would have seen it.
An Episode of Storm Chasers
I was watching an episode of storm chasers this morning when i heard a familiar noise. The guys decided not to intercept the tornado with their data recording device for three reasons; it was bigger than they realized, it was heading in their direction, and it was traveling at a higher rate of speed than …
Storms
I grew up in Texas. I spent most of my life in this environment and i was used to the cycle of drought. 3 years dry, 1 wet. It had been 4 years since we had any significant rainfall to speak of. The reserve collected rain water for emergencies was nearly gone. The creeks were …
Trimming a New Carport
When i first moved onto the property i began using a cluster of oak trees above a mulch pile as my designated carport to protect against hail during storms. However, 5 of 8 of those trees have died. They succumbed to oak wilt, became extremely dry, and split lengthwise down the middle of each tree. …
Two Dogs, a Sick Chicken, and a Tornado Watch
We are in the middle of a tornado watch tracking a thunderstorm due to arrive within the hour. I have moved the car underneath the big cedar tree that holds the laundry line in anticipation of predicted hail. The thunder is creeping closer over the hills and the dogs are getting restless as the distant …
Continue reading “Two Dogs, a Sick Chicken, and a Tornado Watch”
A Spring Hail Storm
I am usually at work when weather hits but this storm was driven by a front and built overnight until it exploded. I was in Center Point when the little red weather radio in the kitchen announced Fredericksburg was getting ping pong ball sized hail. It wasnt until i got to work the next day …
Weather’s Coming, Weather’s Coming!
i had just gotten back to work in time to work with some of the feeder patients for supper. I had received word that the wire transfer went through and the money i needed to write a check for the rest of the cost of the nissan rogue was sitting in my account. I had …
Surprise Winter
So, after we were visited by an arctic storm the weatherman actually said on television, “Folks it looks like that will be it for the winter weather. We’re going to have a very mild rest of the season with warm temperatures expected through to spring.” Winter having just begun, i thought their statement might have …
The Arctic Storm
I had 10 full days notice that an arctic storm was coming and honestly thats the only reason we fared as well as we did through this one. I was covering a full time therapist’s caseload while she was out of the country visiting family for Christmas. It was a 50 minute drive there, a …