I was absolutely fortunate last evening, as shortly before leaving work I looked out the window of my office and saw black clouds rolling in the distance.
I saw a distant flash of lightning and knew that my buddy and I were in store for a heavy summer time thunderstorm.
I checked the doppler radar on my iPhone and noted that the rain, wind, and lightning would come to cover my route home before I would be able to make it through rush hour traffic. I said a silent prayer for safe travel as I waited for the remainder of the 32 minutes of my shift to end. By the time I got to my car in the parking garage, I could feel the wind picking up. I was about halfway home when the dark and menacing clouds and lightning and thunder gave way to a torrent of rain. I made it home safely, however just as I was grabbing the leash to take my pet out quickly there was a wonderful flash and a boom and the power was knocked out. I was hoping that the power would be restored before bedtime, because I didn’t know I was going to be able to sleep without the benefit of a/c and my fans blowing in my room. I simply cannot sleep well at all when I don’t have a cool bedroom and the noise of a fan blowing. That’s how desperately I rely on a/c and white noise. Well, the hours went by and I was settling into bed with the lights not yet being restored. I resigned myself to sleeping without an air conditioner or a fan when abruptly I heard a rumble of thunder. I checked the weather to see that a second wave of rainy weather was coming that would last through the vast majority of the evening! I was fortunate because I was going to get the lullaby of the rain falling outside with distant rumbles of thunder. I was also going to get the benefit of the cool breeze blowing, because I opted to leave my window up. This was, of course, the next best thing to a/c.