Stormy Week

This past week has sure been a rough one, with strong storms on Wednesday and Friday. Wednesday, the storms started around 6 a.m. with heavy rain, small hail, severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings. Several schools had to re-route their buses to the nearest school, instead of their intended destination, to get the kids off the roadways and into a safe shelter. The kids went from the bus into tornado drill mode. These storms didn't move out of the area until around noon.  

Here you can see the rain coming down.

And the small hail.

Our back yard had a small creek running through it.

The neighbors had an even larger one.










With the TOR:CON index being at a forcasted 9 for Friday, and Bowling Green being the suspected center of the activity, officials from the National Weather Service arrived in Bowling Green Thursday evening to help with the tracking of these storms. With such a high probability of tornadic storms being forcasted, our county as well as many of the surrounding counties heeded the warnings and took action to prepare for the worst. Schools let out early, even WKU canceled classes, factories shut down, and businesses closed early. My sister has worked at the bank for several years and has never know of them closing the bank, especially on a Friday. 

The day time heating and humidity made conditions perfect for intense storms. We reached a record breaking 84 degrees.

At one point we had three tornado warnings for our county going simultaneously. 

We had very strong winds. Even after the storms moved out of our area the winds were strong.

My sister had a rather lengthy hail storm at her house.

It almost looks like my brother-in-law is holding snow instead of hail. At least it was not the ping pong or golf ball sized hail that others received.

After the storms moved out, we noticed a faint rainbow.
I always love seeing a rainbow!!










I am thankful that we weathered the storms with only a few scattered tree limbs down and a soggy yard. So many others were not as lucky and our thoughts and prayers go out to them. And, especially to the families that lost loved ones. I believe there were 19 deaths in kentucky from these storms.

On a brighter note, I was able to find a few shadows earlier in the week before all the stormy weather moved in.

I was taking the dog out and noticed a flower/plant of some sort growing in between the bricks of the patio.

 

The morning sun shines on the bricks and was creating delicate little shadows.

Hopefully, the coming week will be much milder. As I am typing this our local weatherman is forcasting snow flurries for mid week... Crazy Kentucky Weather!!

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Happy Sunday, Everyone!!

Bring On The Rain

Bring On The Rain

Songwriters: Billy Montana and Helen Darling

Performed By: Jo Dee Messina w/Tim McGraw 

Album (2000): Burn

Another day has almost come and gone.
Can't imagine what else could go wrong.

(Clouds from my front porch)

Sometimes I'd like to hide away somewhere and lock the door.

A single battle lost but not the war.


(Neighbors cat after a storm)

'Cause, tomorrow's another day.

And I'm thirsty anyway,

So bring on the rain.


(Storm from my kitchen window)



 

It's almost like the hard times circle 'round.

(My daughter and Memphis Police)
[not in any trouble....]

A couple drops and they all start coming down.

(Rain from my sister's front porch)

Yeah, I might feel defeated and I might hang my head.

I might be barely breathing but I'm not dead.... no.

(My daughter)

'Cause, tomorrow's another day.

And I'm thirsty anyway.

So bring on the rain.

(Rain from the office window)

No not gonna let it get me down.

I'm not gonna cry.

(My daughter)

And I'm not gonna lose any sleep tonight.

(My baby girl)

'Cause, tomorrow's another day.
And I am not afraid.
So bring on the rain.


(Rain - Brownsville, Ky.)

'Cause, tomorrow's another day.
And I'm thirsty anyway.
So bring on the rain, ooh.


(My daughter - Myrtle Beach)

 

Bring on.... bring on the rain.

No, I'm not gonna let it get me down.

I'm not gonna cry.

(Bush in my back yard)

So bring on the rain.

Bring on.... bring on the rain.

(Hwy. 185 - My drive home)

Bring on the rain,

(Along the highway - Bowling Green, Ky.)

Bring on the rain.

(Street in front of my house)

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After The Rain

It has been a rainy week, with some heavy showers of rain at times. I think I have had to be out and about everytime Mother Nature has decided to give us a downpour. I had several errands to take care of early in the week, and I got rained on. I took my daughter shopping one evening and got rained on. Went to the bank today, and once again, got rained on. But, each day I was able to get some nice pictures after the rain.



My first picture is one that I took on my walk back from the Court House. There was a puddle at the back of our building that was reflecting the grass and rocks that are at the foundation of the building as well as the bricks of the building itself.

This next shot was from our shopping trip. I was waiting outside the dressing room while Lindsey was trying on clothes and I noticed the light above the dressing room and how the chain on the light was casting a shadow in two different directions. Of course, I had to take a picture to post for this week's shadow shot.




As we were leaving the mall we noticed how beautiful the clouds were. The sun was beginning to set as the sky was beginning to clear. It made quite a pleasant view for the drive



This morning after my trip to the bank, the rain had stopped and the sun was beginning to shine. As I was taking the dog out, I noticed the raindrops still on the grass. So I came inside and retrieved my camera to get a few shots.







I tried to get a close up shot of one of the raindrops, but my camera just didn't want to focus on it.




Peanut did not like that I was outside without him. He wanted to be outside too. He kept moving the blind on the door to see what I was doing.









I thought he looked so cute peeking out at me.



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