Several major storms muscled their way through our area early last evening. During the latter part of the afternoon the skies began to make it clear (pun intended) that the National Weather Service's forecast might actually be accurate. We watched with fascination as the clouds gathered, the skies darkened and the wind picked up. What we thought was impressive then turned out to be child's play for what came a short time later.
Capt. SO and I decided to spend as much time as possible out on the upper deck of our Aqua RV. After asking me if I thought he should, he put up the aft curtain, which mostly seals us in and the elements out. Later, this would prove to be a genius move, as the howling wind would have swept the wind and rain right up into the cockpit area, drenching us and making the seats so wet that we would not have been able to stay up above and observe Mother Nature's theatrics.
Feeling safe and sound, we ate a healthy salad followed by not-so-healthy peanut butter ice cream and watched as three storm fronts blew their way through the area. The skies would darken to the point that little could be seen except for the waves out behind us in the channel and the waves in the marina! Our dockmate is a very large sailboat with a significant mast and the wind kept tipping the sailboat in our direction. At one point I asked Capt. SO if the sailboat was going to tip over......and I was directly in line with the mast. He laughed (he could laugh.....the mast would miss him) and said that is what a sailboat is supposed to do.
As an aside, this morning everybody was out talking storm trash and our dockmate said that throughout the storms, she was watching the boat level (didn't know that boats had levels) and that her greatest list was ten degrees. Looked like more to me!
The storms were spectacular with their lightning, thunder, extreme wind and gushing rain. City streets flooded and we could see cars planing through the water, creating great plumes as they charged through.
We weren't worried about flooding.........
Ancora imparo
