Okay, I do not know what that was, that blew past my house yesterday, but it sure left one big mess for us to cleanup !
WOW ! I have NEVER seen winds so strong and rain so hard .. or so much in a matter of minutes. It was raining sideways, hailing and snapping trees.
As you can see it flipped the kids trampoline, but yet let the Little Tikes toy alone. A fact that my gang thought was hilarious.
I think I had more branches on the ground than the trees, it was horrible to clean up.
Then I looked out the bathroom window this morning when I got up ...and this was what I saw .... Well sorta, because it was higher at that time - this was taken more about noon. I didn't have the camera till A came home.
That was the back yard, and this one is the front. I LITTERALLY had a mote around my house !!!! ( Guess I won't have to go to London to see one - huh, Trish ...lol )
We still don't even know exactly where all the water came from either. It wasn't there at 7 when A left for work, but I got up at 8 and we had our own lake.
Yeeaaaa, so - much for me saying that we never get much a storm but a clap of thunder!
Oh yea - here's some lightning, hitting our light pole. Pretty cool huh ? I know probably not all too wise, but I couldn't help it.
Oh so anyways - during the monsoon, my kids are freaking out and Hannah starts crying and makes Cameron start to cry ... the tornado siren went off in town and they ran downstairs .... while Brittany ran upstairs and packed a WHOLE bag ! A BAG- PEOPLE ! I just had to laugh at her. Jordan and I were glued at the garage door staring outside and getting all wet. It was awesome, but don't worry - Gracie wasn't far from me - but she was sleeping so she never even knew ...lol. aHHH, to be so little.
So now today Hannah and Cameron are outside having a blast in our new little lake ! HA HA !
Well, that is all I got for now, just wanted to share that with you guys !!! Hope ya'll are well - Have a great weekend !
TAMMIE :o)
Good gosh!!!! That really was like a monsoon!
ReplyDeleteI find it funny also that the trampoline flipped yet the tikes toys didn't!!
Gracie slept through it?!?! WOW! Yea, I thought of you when I woke up (for the last time) this morning. Then on my way to work I heard we got 2 inches and Tomah got 8-9 inches. I thought of you. I can't believe all that water. It's crazy. I think you guys got it worse than we did but it really was thundering and lightening. I was awake from 1:00am-2:00am...I swear it was constant lightening and thundering. Then again at 4:00am...then once when I was at work. CRAZY! Can't it rain like normal? Geesh :) HA.
ReplyDeleteThose picture of the lightening...that's cool. Dangerous but cool. Wasn't the thunder loud too?!?!
Hmmm. I am very confused about this weather. I mean, we get that where I go to school but we are only like 20 miles from the coast so it is to be expected. Strange.
ReplyDeleteHA HA - I know ! I was standing in the kitchen and I saw a quick light the WA BOOOOOM ! I almost pee'd right there !
ReplyDeleteLOL !!!!
Yes, very --- lol .. it seems to be getting stranger every year ! I swear !
ReplyDeleteYesterday was nuts. Now tonight is looking like we'll get more of this. GEEZ!
ReplyDeleteThe lightning shots are amazing. Hard to catch those, good job!! I wonder where the lake came from??
ReplyDeleteWHAT ?!?!?!? Seriously???
ReplyDeleteDammit- I have to go watch the weather channel. What are yall getting your way ?
Thank you :O) ....
ReplyDeleteand we still have noidea. All of Tomah is flooded. They said it rained like 9 inchesin a matter of minutes ..it was insane !
I LOVE storms! All kinds of them...they are so cool to watch! Even when you're in the middle of it ;D
ReplyDeleteP.S. love the lake! bet the kids will be sad when it goes away
Wow! Was it a Microburst?
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're all okay.
We had weather similar to that yesterday...kinda scary, especially since it got so LOUD!
ReplyDeleteOh well, at least your kids made the best of their new swimming hole!
great lightening pictures!
ReplyDeleteWow...I'm glad no one got hurt. I'm a big baby in storms. I usually hide in the basement.
ReplyDeletewow Tammie I cant believe how much water and damage you got! Just crazy! Fun times the next day though hahaha
ReplyDeleteThose lightening pics are wicked!
Sound's like what we call in Mississippi straightline winds:S
ReplyDeleteUgh...that is a lot of rain! The lightening pics are cool...though that is a little too close for comfort for me!!!
ReplyDeleteHoly Schnikies!!! That's a boatload (and you might need a boat) of water!!
ReplyDeletethose lightning pics are AMAZING!!
We had holy Monsoons here last night and shit got all turned upside and over.. it was raining sideways too!! CRAZY!
ROTFL !
ReplyDeleteand can you believe it is doing it again right now even ... I guess I will be floating away soon !
Wow Those lightning pics are neat!
ReplyDeleteWe got a lot of rain here too. I was at work and there is a sky light just above where I sit, it was really loud!!!
ReplyDeleteI slept through it, but we got rain again last night too!
Wow! Glad ya'll r alright! That was a really cool pic. of the lightening!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures but there is no way you would catch me out there taking a picture! lol! Glad you are ok~!
ReplyDeleteOh wow and thanks for sharing the pictures!!! I am glad you are okay. That is so funny that the little tikes stood but the trampoline was upside down! LOL The lighting pictures are very neat indeed!! Hugs to you
ReplyDeleteOH WOW! You have a whole lake in your yard!!
ReplyDeleteWe got hit pretty hard, but it was just a lot of wind and rain, nothing as bad as you guys had it. My plants didn't even get damaged!
We did have all of umbrellas from the patio at work, fly off, and across the volley ball courts though! That was fun to chase around!
My son would have had so much fun stomping around in your lake lol. Hopefully you won't have any more storms like that for a while. Take care!
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