One Nasty Storm
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This afternoon Hui-chen and I were enjoying some relaxation time watching one of our favorite Japanese cooking shows, along with a wonderful grilled chicken salad that my beautiful wife had prepared.
Suddenly we heard a sharp report like an explosion: THUNDER! And, in the middle of broad daylight too! About 15 minutes later the power went out. Mind you, we had yet to see a single storm cloud. The sun was beating down relentlessly. I said to Hui-chen “lightning must have struck a pole” and no sooner were the words out of my mouth when we heard another resounding thunder clap. Very impressive as it shook the whole house.
Shortly thereafter I ventured to the roof where I saw a black sky with lower level lighter clouds moving rapidly towards our position.
About 10 minutes after I took this photograph the sky opened up and began pissing down rain. The cool breeze was a welcome break from the stifling heat of recent days. The light show from the lightning was interesting to watch, nearly impossible to photograph.
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Articles in series Hukou:
- Monsters Across The Street
- Gasoline Theft
- One Nasty Storm
- Taiwan Sky After the Typhoon
- Typhoon Fever!
- Typhoon Sky
- Up On The Roof
- Thai Jam
- Hukou Monday Night Market
- Approaching Typhoon Krosa Dumps Rain on Taiwan
- Typhoon Krosa: We Got Lucky
- Krosa Video
- Post Typhoon Grill Party
- Laohukou Revisited
- Dutch Oven Saturday
- The Tea Master of Hukou
- Hukou’s Monday Night Market
- The New Hukou Monday Night Market
- Lunch After Class
- Our Car Got Stolen
- The End of an Era: Xiao-hui’s Is Gone!
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Yu-Fen (1)
July 29th, 2007 at 06:58
Hi MJ we have been getting some very big evening storms as well here.
Like you said it’s a nice break from the humidity.
My old domain name is now being used instead of isaanstyle.thaipulse.com . It’s now http://thailandnortheastliving.blogspot.com/.
Brunty
July 29th, 2007 at 14:06
My wife says she caused it by putting out the blankets to dry.
Michael
July 30th, 2007 at 00:45
Brunty, thanks for the update on the URL.
Michael, please tell your wife thanks for us. it was nice and cool after the storm blew through.