It's been hotter than a pistol. Day after day over 100 degrees. On June 29, we were hit by a derecho - which I'd never heard of until it roared through. It's a straight-line windstorm, as opposed to a tornado which rotates. Also, derechos are long-lived. I was confused by the straight-line definition, because I thought "derecho" was Spanish for "right." Turns out it means both things. Go figure. Anyway, the derecho came down on us and ripped limbs off trees (none of ours) and left lots of people with no power (luckily again, not us). Then two days later, on July 1st, we were hit by a severe thunderstorm that ripped some more limbs off trees and knocked out electricity again (this time, ours was off for about 5 hours). Excitement all around.
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| This limb came down at the golf course. Note my bike in the lower left. |
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| I think the limb above smacked into this dumpster. The tree limb won that round. |
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| A hackberry tree with nearly half itself gone. |
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| A common job after both storms - roof repair. |
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| Our first tomatoes! They're Elbertas. |
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| No, he's not dead. This squirrel was tucked into the dirt on a hot day. Perhaps he was contemplating life. |
1 comment:
Wow. I have never heard of that before, either. Hope you get to go to Norway sometime too :).
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