What a startling burst of weather drama we had the other night.
The weather system was moving very fast indeed,
so it was here one moment and gone the next.
Still, what swept over us had rain changing to freezing rain,
with lightning and thunder,
and the lightning for a moment was practically ON TOP of us,
which made the thunder even worse.
No warning, other than the wind, before the storm arrived.

Dear friends of mine live near the Rocky Mountains
and they are parched for precipitation --
shame the storm could not have been re-routed in their direction.