194/365: I'm Beginning to Feel Like a Photo Meteorologist

Last Friday's picture was of the clouds moving through for a storm and this Friday's shot is of the torrential downpour outside my office today.  I really think I should have worn my pit boots to work today.  It's crazy raining and hailing out there.  Our hail got up to the size of nickels this afternoon.  Other places in town were report 4.5" hail.  I'm beginning to give credence to global climate changes, armeggedon or something with all the strange weather we've been having.  The snow this winter was much more frequent than I can remember for some time.  We had tornadoes on New Year's Eve.  It snowed March 26th.  The wind last Saturday was epic.  Wednesday night we drug the kids to the basement when the tornado sirens sounded.  I'm beginning to wonder what's next?  The rain is predicted to continue until next Thursday and their predicting severe storms tonight.  This is beautiful weather for ducks.  Not so much for bike racers!

187/365: The Storm Rolling In

I would say that tyaking photos while driving is probably as illegal as texting and driving, but to me this was a cool shot.  I was on my way to the shop to register for the Tour of St. Louis when the storm started rolling across I-170.  This photo doesn't do the view justice.  On the left side of I-170 the sun was still shining, to the right you can see the ominous clouds rolling through.  Within minutes of this the rain began falling so hard I had to double check that it wasn't hailing.  I'm hoping that we'll get some dry time for the races this weekend.  Last year's Tour of St. Louis was the tornado time trial.  The time trial was weather delayed due to hail and tornado sirens.  I'll never forget driving out and picking Alice up as she was fighting to get back to the line.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed for dry pavement and sunshine tomorrow.