One with Nature: Storm Nut
One of my favorite times of the year is summer. My favorite holiday is the fourth of July- Independence Day. I grew up in a strongly patriotic father who was a helicopter pilot in the Army. My husband has spent 12 years of his life in the army.
One of my favorite things about summer, aside from the obvious pool, sun-bathing, and vacations, is the thunder storms we get in North Carolina. Nothing excited me like the thrill of the weather.
Last year we had a storm that was right on top of us. There were not even split seconds between the lightening and the thunder. I was lying in my bed hearing the sound of ripping trees and rain beating down on the roof. I just prayed our house didn't get struck. It was pretty exciting. The next morning we discovered that the sidewalk at the end of our street- two houses down had been hit by lightening and the sidewalk was torn up and burned with a hole! We were fascinated with the fury of nature.
My eldest daughter is inlove with weather. We keep the Weatherbug on on the computer and she checks it throughout the day. She's been known to call her grandma about what the weather is doing during a storm when were out and about and the National Weather alerts aren't coming up fast enough for her. Her grandma also has a passion for weather.
Last night, we had a book group at our house and got on the subject of weather which excited her. We were told of the first time they captured a tornado on film turned sideways so the scientists could see inside. See this film:
Don't forget to follow Vortex2 on facebook for all of their updates. Vortex2 for those who don't know VORTEX2 is the largest tornado field experiment in history. Dorothy, we're not in Kansas anymore!
One of my favorite things about summer, aside from the obvious pool, sun-bathing, and vacations, is the thunder storms we get in North Carolina. Nothing excited me like the thrill of the weather.
Last year we had a storm that was right on top of us. There were not even split seconds between the lightening and the thunder. I was lying in my bed hearing the sound of ripping trees and rain beating down on the roof. I just prayed our house didn't get struck. It was pretty exciting. The next morning we discovered that the sidewalk at the end of our street- two houses down had been hit by lightening and the sidewalk was torn up and burned with a hole! We were fascinated with the fury of nature.
My eldest daughter is inlove with weather. We keep the Weatherbug on on the computer and she checks it throughout the day. She's been known to call her grandma about what the weather is doing during a storm when were out and about and the National Weather alerts aren't coming up fast enough for her. Her grandma also has a passion for weather.
Last night, we had a book group at our house and got on the subject of weather which excited her. We were told of the first time they captured a tornado on film turned sideways so the scientists could see inside. See this film:
Don't forget to follow Vortex2 on facebook for all of their updates. Vortex2 for those who don't know VORTEX2 is the largest tornado field experiment in history. Dorothy, we're not in Kansas anymore!
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We've had a lot of thunderstorms here lately. VERY loud thunder. Following you from MBC.
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Hi, I'm visiting from Follow Me Club1. Great blog.