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The past two months have been very dry and hot here in Wisconsin. Yesterday it rained about 2/3 -3/4 of an inch over the period of about an hour. We needed it for the crops.
Today I woke up and heard it thundering again, figuring, alright it'll rain for maybe an hour and be hot and humid for the rest of the day. Then heard on the radio that we would have severe thunderstorms with high winds until at least 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Still not to worried (the SSR is sitting outside). Then at 9 o'clock The wife gets a call from her dad (who drives semi for a local company) that it is raining hard with high winds and carrying large hail heading this way from a town about 14 miles west of us. The way the storm is traveling I figure I had about 7 minutes to get the garage rearranged (cleaned up) to fit the 55 chevy, all it's parts, the kid's bicycles and my SSR in the shop. As I went out to do this, the daughter comes out in the shop with the Dogs' leashes wanting me to stop what I was doing to let the dogs in the house first. Of coarse she was either standing in the way or right under foot. I told her nicely that if she was going to be out here she can help me rearrange the shop so we can get the SSR in here before it hails, then we'll worry about the dogs. With her help we did get everything inside and out of the storm just as the hard rains started coming down. Still had to run up to the Dogs' kennal (50 yards off) to get them and bring them in the house (another 20 yards). I ran for the kennal and the daughter ran for the house to catch the door for us once we got there. Made it before the hail started, but had to find towels to dry off with.
Nothing like a hard outdoor shower in the morning to wake up with.
Enjoy the rest of the day.
Today I woke up and heard it thundering again, figuring, alright it'll rain for maybe an hour and be hot and humid for the rest of the day. Then heard on the radio that we would have severe thunderstorms with high winds until at least 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Still not to worried (the SSR is sitting outside). Then at 9 o'clock The wife gets a call from her dad (who drives semi for a local company) that it is raining hard with high winds and carrying large hail heading this way from a town about 14 miles west of us. The way the storm is traveling I figure I had about 7 minutes to get the garage rearranged (cleaned up) to fit the 55 chevy, all it's parts, the kid's bicycles and my SSR in the shop. As I went out to do this, the daughter comes out in the shop with the Dogs' leashes wanting me to stop what I was doing to let the dogs in the house first. Of coarse she was either standing in the way or right under foot. I told her nicely that if she was going to be out here she can help me rearrange the shop so we can get the SSR in here before it hails, then we'll worry about the dogs. With her help we did get everything inside and out of the storm just as the hard rains started coming down. Still had to run up to the Dogs' kennal (50 yards off) to get them and bring them in the house (another 20 yards). I ran for the kennal and the daughter ran for the house to catch the door for us once we got there. Made it before the hail started, but had to find towels to dry off with.
Nothing like a hard outdoor shower in the morning to wake up with.
Enjoy the rest of the day.