Sarhara Desert and EPIC Thunderstorm

Above is Sahara Desert thousands of miles from us, in Africa. The weather map shows the Saharan dust that has covered us for the past few days.

 Who would believe, the Sahara Desert would break the drought in Central Florida? Not Me! 

It's True... the dust is causing Thunderstorms this past Sunday and Monday we have a storm each evening at 8 pm. Both storms, typically evening storms for Florida in summer were irate and loud and gave us an inch of rain. Gone in 20 minutes.

Mid-day, you can see on the map, Our beach was taking strikes, My son who lives in the white circle was taking strikes, we live on the white x and it was east of us but we got a quick shower and a few rumbles. Oh boy, we missed it I said... Along about 6 in the evening, the sky darkened, the wind howled and right over the roof to our house 

 a Flash, a Boom and a CRACK hit and shook the house, 4 times it did that. Rain came off the roof in torrents. 15 minutes of this and it was gone, and we were ok... the house did not burst into flames, (there have been 2 houses struck and burned this week) none of us was struck dead by lightning ( 2 were killed this week by lightning) and I heave a sigh of relief.

the next morning, our weather guy said We had an EPIC Thunderstorm last night! 150 lightning strikes in 15 minutes broke the record for the most ever strikes in that amount of time.  I think Epic might be an understatement.

There is good news though, we are in a giant heat dome, filled with Saharan Dust causing these thunderstorms, but the sand is blocking the ocean and gulf from Creating Hurricanes? 

I will take a storm a day against a hurricane any day..... Bob and Beau did not even flinch, I ducked my head every time it happened. Bob said if you see the flash and hear the boom, you are safe, if it hits you will not know it. Thanks, Bob

PS Friday Morning, 7/26 on the news i saw the damage done on Thursday evening T-Storm. The Fire Chief below is my 1st cousin once removed. he is the son of my 1st cousin Bonnie, who some of you might remember. a few miles from us, Lightning hit and burned this shed, split the giant oak tree and no photo but 3 people standing under a banyan tree were hit when a strike hit the tree and had to be transported but are alive.  

Storms and other storms

this video is the wind on April 13th. No rain, no storm, just winds gusting to 50 for no known reason.  I forgot I created it, but it works well for todays post.

My life feels like this video. Blown this way and that way, and hither and yon!

With two of us Ancients, make that 3, since Beau is about to turn 11, and health issues, Bob has his, I have mine, Beau has his Mama and Daddy are both losing memory cells at a rapid pace, it doesn't take a lot to push me around and up and down. 

I am like a lit stick of dynamite, the red string is burning and every now and then I BURST and Blast and then another one lights and starts to burn. I  feel much like way back when I hit Menopause and Bob tried not to talk to me, and once dared to say it is NOT hot in here.. HA. 

Husbands, Insurance, Husbands, Healthcare, ummmm to be continued when I calm down!

Since Brians Home Forever says we must be Thankful on Thankful Thursday,

I am thankful the tree did not fall on me while I was taking photos with the cell phone ,I am thankful for, and I am thankful for a husband because if not him, who would I yell at?