So, I am writing this in the calm after the storm that has just passed through here. And when I say storm, that's a bit of an understatement, really. What started out as a few raindrops progressed slowly into small hail (5c piece sized). None of this was really anything to blink at, except when the winds suddenly blew such a gale that our trampoline, normally in the backyard, was blown over, then clear over the fence, around to the front yard, and now sits in the bush out the front of our house. It's a little bit bent up. It was also hard to calm down the distraught 5 year old girl who plays on it everyday. however, after my promises of a new trampoline, L came home from work, thinking about covering up the car to protect it from the ever-increasing hail, and has decided the trampoline can be fixed. We'll see. Even more suddenly than it started, the storm ceased, leaving our front yard somewhat soggy (excellent gumboot weather for the kids), and our backyard in a thorough mess. A couple of stray chairs here and there, the lack of a trampoline (obviously), a sandpit that has turned into a lake, and the roof of the chicken coop was blown clean off. The noise from the thunder and the flashes of lightning were incredible (we looked up weatherzone's radar, it passed directly over us), hence the post title (just in case you didn't get it). Our chicken is oblivious to the fact her home was almost destroyed and she will have to face a soggy bed tonight.
The good thing to come of it, I suppose, was a double rainbow after it was all over, and the gorgeous little finches that are using our front yard as a giant bird bath.
Pictures to be uploaded later...
Post Script:- we were told today that it was in fact a mini-tornado that went through, which explains the freakish winds.
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