There was a tornado watch for the whole day and numerous little tornado's were sighted around the state. We had friends in for dinner and cards and when they arrived there was a high wind but no real sign of trouble.We watched the weather channel and saw this reddish color among the green showing a possible storm. We went for a swim in the pool and the wind picked up and we observed the speed of the clouds. Changing weather always excited me and all day I was waiting for that big moment.
After dinner and cards theer came a time when our guests were nervous about getting over the three mile long bridge because of the wind so decided to leave. At that moment the sky opened up and the wind thrashed the trees and our guests had to run for their vehicle and got drenched in doing so. Loud thunder and lightening strikes made the evening look like and sound like a battle field. Theresa and I filled our glasses and sat out to enjoy the show put on by Nature. After a time we retired to bed and were no more sleeping when a loud crash, severe lightening, raging wind and hail brought us to reality.
For 15 minutes we thought our poor house would fall to the onslaught. Huge hail pounded our home and my thought was for my poor garden. I ran to look but retreated behind the pool cage screen and the golf ball size hailstones pounded down on us with a vengeance. It had to be the worst 15 minutes of weather we experienced since the hurricanes. It all stopped as abruptly as it started and as we surveyed the damage it was minimal. Others were not so lucky and many received damage to their property.
After returning to bed once more Theresa and I realized that few minutes could have been tragic had it been a tornado. We thanked our good fortune and slept soundly knowing it had to be Mother Nature playing an April Fools Day trick
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