lightning strikes

cool weather here... at least cool from the perspective of one not affected by flooding or mud slides.

a heavy, dogs, cats and cows kind of rain yesterday morning, after a nice of blustery winds and long downpours. It kept up most of the day, and ended in another rarity -- an electrical storm moving over the city. I got to watch a couple lightning strikes in the civic center area, nice big forks crashing over the city. I wished my K1000 camera was not buried away somewhere in a nameless box, otherwise I could have had some great shots.

today has been a parade of clouds and sun, and just recently a wash of hail. whitening the sidewalks and car tops for a brief moment or two.

still, it was nothing like this storm