So it was a bit stormy last night. The storms had not quite reached us yet but the lightning show was tremendous. I decided I wanted some shots of it before it started to rain, camera is not waterproof. I drive to a spot where there is nothing to obstruct my view of the northern sky, this while noticing the warning sirens were sounding. I tend to ignore those as the people running them are trigger happy and set them off when they get spooked.

So I pull into the driveway of a local church and start shooting the sky. Not getting much as I am using my point and shoot instead of the good camera, that shutter lag can kill you when you are trying to take fast shots of something. The sky was ominous, well at least during lightning strikes, it was nighttime after all. I turned on the radio in time to catch a warning about some rotation in the storm spotted by radar, again, nothing to worry about as far as I was concerned.

Then, all hell broke loose!

The back end of my truck lifted about an inch or so, not off the ground mind you, just flexing the springs a bit. Followed quickly by my truck getting pelted with debris from the field behind and beside the church. My reaction was instant and surprising, I yelled “Oh sh**” and floored it onto the main road. Putting myself into a better position to see what was going on. Only straight line winds, thank God!

I made a rookie mistake when I planted myself there. I put the incoming storm behind me, I couldn’t see what was going on back there so I panicked when the wind hit me. Had I been turned the other way I would have seen the winds coming through the field by the debris it was blowing around.

Through it all, I didn’t even get a good shot of the lightning, or anything for that matter. So instead, enjoy this portion of a rainbow that I shot several days earlier. Which was also shot on the crappy small camera. Not really a very good shot but at least it’s something new to look at here!

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