Saturday, August 23, 2003

Wacky Weather Thursday night we had some very weird weather.  For most of the day, it was hot.  It was 95 degrees, with a heat index of 101 degrees (that's right - this is Michigan after all - we have this lovely thing called humidity).  Then around six, it started hailing.  I heard it hitting the side of the house.  I thought there was a mouse or a bird scampering across the roof at first.  It wasn't very big, but it was mixed with rain and lightening.  That cleared.  It didn't get dark outside.  The sky turned this really odd shade of yellow.  It wasn't that lovely evening shade of gold; it was jaundice yellow.  I knew I had seen that once before. I couldn't remember where.  It wasn't until I saw "tornado warning" and the sirens went off in my neighborhood that I remembered.  The city was lucky, we didn't get hit.  However, there was a smaller town south of us that really did have a tornado.  The damage wasn't too severe, although there was a family that did lose its house. 9:23:25 PM    comment []

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