« July 11
It’s all fun and games until…
We had a huge monsoon storm this evening. There was only a 50% chance of rain which usually means the night will be dry as a bone. 50% chance of rain just gets your hopes up. I try to ignore that kind of forecast. I just watch the clouds and periodically stick my nose outside and smell for rain.
If you live somewhere besides the Southwest desert you might not know what I mean by “smell for rain”. Out here you can smell before it comes. It’s the best smell in the entire world. Seriously. If I could bottle that smell and the feelings it incites, man, I could make a gazillion dollars and make the world a happy place.
We were having a barbecue when the thunder started. Truly righteous thunder and lightning entertained us for about a half an hour and then the sky opened up. It rained so hard for ten minutes you couldn’t see the road. The electricity went on and off. The kids squealed. My heart lightened.
Weather like this makes me so happy. Seriously. Instant good mood.
Until the storm causes a cable and internet outage.
OH THE AGONY.
Sounds scary
We watched part of storm coming down from Mt. Lemmon – covered the middle of Tucson like a mushroom cloud, but only brushed us at the edges.
We have those kinds of storms all the time as we live in the Midwest. And yes, they CAN be fascinating but when they knock out my TV or Internet then there’s a problem!