So the wind finally knocked the power out at work today. It was only out for about 45 minutes or so. Just long enough that we had to pull out the generator but before we got it started up the power came back on. The wind was really whipping out of the canyon though. There were times when it sounded like the roof was being ripped off.
I love severe weather of all kinds. I am weird like that. The worse the weather the better I like the storm. My favorite is microburst rainstorms. You know. The ones that have like 50MPH winds and drop like 2 inches of water in like 15 minutes and have a lot of thunder and lightning. I love them. I spent a lot of time growing up outside watching clouds. Watching storms build. Trying to predict when and where it was going to rain or snow. I got pretty good at it. I still have a knack for predicting the weather a day or two in advance just by looking at clouds. I enjoy studying the weather and what causes the different types of storms. One of the things I want to do in my life before I die is to go tornado chasing. I think that would be awesome. I really want to see a tornado in person. The bigger the better on that one since I would probably only ever get one chance at it. Leona doesn't want me to ever chase tornadoes though :( She thinks I would get too close and get myself killed. I am not that crazy. I am not afraid of any storm or any extreme weather. I don't worry about it. I have a deep respect for the power of mother nature and I don't try to tempt fate by doing stupid things in the weather. Hence the reason you will never see me on a soccer field during a lightning storm. I know when it gets too dangerous to be out in a storm.
Maybe I should change careers and become a weather man. Then at least I know that I would still have a job if I was completely wrong all the time.
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