Rough day to mow two acre lawn. Starting at noon temp was in the 90’s and got warmer. Light breeze was sort of a blessing. When temp gets above 86F it is just a ride in a blast furnace. I had meant to mow the yard on Sunday, but discovered the neighbor North of me was setting up a graduation party and wind was from the South. The dust storm I would have raised by my commercial mower? Not good on their special day.
Monday, a front started coming in shortly after 10AM, so I worked in my machine shop beginning to correct the errors made building the first motored bicycle. By 4PM I am hearing a steady rumble and it is getting really dark, so I shut down the shop and went outside. The darkness came from being under a huge Thunderhead. The frequency of lightning and thunder was greater than any I have ever known. The most intense part of the storm cell turned out to be just 10 miles South of us, where straight line winds, rain, and ping pong ball sized hail fell. Rubicon got a light rain. Which brought us the hot, humid that was today.
Right now a cold craft beer is pretty nice.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Tom