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July 20, 2007
sand sandwich
Last night was down right freaky. It was friggin' hot (111) and humid yesterday. It was sunny and there was no wind. But all of a sudden around 9 o'clock last night as I lay in bed watching Victoria Beckham (it was like a car accident, I didn't want to watch but I couldn't stop myself, dear god I need help), I heard something bang up against the side of the house so I hopped up and looked out the window.
It was like looking into a snow storm the wind was blowing like crazy and there was a ton of lightning and rain and sand flying eVerywehere. It was crazy looking. I went to the back porch window to make sure nothing was in danger of blowing away. Things looked pretty secure so I headed back to bed. The minute I lay down I heard something hit the house again, and again, and again.... Gah!
I had to put on my shoes and head out into the shitstorm. First, I went out the front door and around the side of the house. Nothing there hitting the house. But, my eyes burned from the sand and the wind was so gross it hurt to breathe. It was so hot and the air felt like static from all the lightning. The news said there were over 4,000 cloud to ground lightning strikes in less than an hour in our half of the state.
Because the yard is surrounded by a giant cement blcok wall, like every other house in this state, I had to head back inside and out the back door and around the house again. The stupid door to the sprinkler system was open and slamming repeatedly against the house. I secured it and came back inside.
I felt like I took a sand bath. It was disgusting. I was only out there for maybe two minutes, tops. This morning my allergies are all riled up. But all looks normal outside. It's already hot as shit again. The only thing that looks bad is that Grumpy's car, which normally is white, is now brown from all the sand and dirt layered on it.
Posted by bugg at July 20, 2007 07:29 AM
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Freaky! It's 72, cloudy, and muggy as shit up here in Seattle. The forecast? Rain. Surprise!
Posted by: JP at July 21, 2007 01:23 PM