Tuesday, July 20, 2004

Rain Rain Go Away!

Sunny Florida...NOT...For some reason when it rains here it seems to go on for days on end.  Everything is sticky, mushy, just waiting for the mildew to set in.

Yes, I know that we need the rain or nothing will grow...but deluge is a bit much.  Because we have the ultimate distinction of being one of the most places hit by lightening you can hardly turn on your computer for fear of crashing.

I do know what I'm talking about, we've been hit by lightening that has struck one of our trees, set it on fire and it looked like a 70' Roman Candle ignited into full flame.  As I opened the front door,  it sounded like a freight train coming towards me..unbelievable sound.  Luckily, the firemen were able to get the fire out quickly, without it spreading to the other trees.

A neighbors tree was struck and the charge ran across the property line and found it's way to my telephone wiring...well, there went an expensive telephone/answering system that was only two months old.  After this I learned I was really lucky that none of us were on the phone when that hit...so now I don't talk during a storm...the phone can ring off the wall for all I care.

Well, it looks like the sky is clearing abit..maybe if I'm lucky our plants have not drowned and the sun will come back in the morning.

 

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