Well it's that time of year in North Texas ... storm season. After a somewhat slow start, the intensity has really picked up in April, and we haven't even hit peak season yet. A couple weeks ago I was at work and the tornado sirens went off ... its an eerie sound if you've never heard them before. Click on the Youtube video above to get an idea of them. (No I didn't take the video but they sound just like that, but it goes on a good 3-4 minutes or so). Then last week, after going to bed we were rocked by thunder and lightning ... and then the sirens went off again, this time at 2 a.m. ... so scrambling to run upstairs, get the kids, get them downstairs and ready to go under the stairs in a moment's notice is a little scary. Next thing I know, the hail starts pounding the house and it sounds like a machine gun going off. I turn on the porch light and we were getting clobbered with 1" hail. I opened the door and had to grab a few hailstones like an idiot:
So what am I doing this weekend, after this past Wednesday night's storms? Cleaning up of course. Leaves and branches all over the place but at least the lawn is getting some water. Another month and we'll be home free ...
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