November 8, 2015 ·
Yesterday was bloody hot, nothing new, suddenly today I noticed it
had gotten darker, so I went outside to find myself surrounded by thunderous
clouds!
I could hear rumbling thunder in the distance coming from the west.
Nothing much happened for awhile but later when it got dark, I sat out on my verandah and watched the most spectacular light show I have ever seen!
All varieties of lightning from sheet lightning that lit up the clouds in a rainbow of colours, to ground strikes, and sometimes the lightning seemed to loop from cloud to cloud as though the gods were sewing the clouds together. The lightning seemed to travel across country from west to south east, over the mens mountain and then the rumbling thunder would follow, but it would echo on and it never seemed to stop.
Then I smelt a strange smell, almost immediately I heard a gentle roaring sound that quickly became rain on my tin roof! The gentle roaring sound and the smell was that of the rain approaching. The rain was not heavy but just enough to be heard through out the night and to settle the dust. Today has been quite humid and about 34C with a slight breeze coming from the south east. So I am finally able to open up my house for the day to let the cooler breeze in, a refreshing change. I look forward to sleeping under a sheet tonight!
I could hear rumbling thunder in the distance coming from the west.
Nothing much happened for awhile but later when it got dark, I sat out on my verandah and watched the most spectacular light show I have ever seen!
All varieties of lightning from sheet lightning that lit up the clouds in a rainbow of colours, to ground strikes, and sometimes the lightning seemed to loop from cloud to cloud as though the gods were sewing the clouds together. The lightning seemed to travel across country from west to south east, over the mens mountain and then the rumbling thunder would follow, but it would echo on and it never seemed to stop.
Then I smelt a strange smell, almost immediately I heard a gentle roaring sound that quickly became rain on my tin roof! The gentle roaring sound and the smell was that of the rain approaching. The rain was not heavy but just enough to be heard through out the night and to settle the dust. Today has been quite humid and about 34C with a slight breeze coming from the south east. So I am finally able to open up my house for the day to let the cooler breeze in, a refreshing change. I look forward to sleeping under a sheet tonight!
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