by Anura Guruge
on July 1, 2021
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It was quite the storm. Very fast moving but INTENSE as it passed. Haven’t seen anything of that intensity in some time. It was not a mini- nor micro-tornado, but it was strong.
A 1.5-miles from us they had an even stronger microburst. As I write this 28-hours later they are still trying to clear the trees from that stretch of road. I walked up there this morning with Rowen. Didn’t try to get up real close.
At 6pm today I heard that the road was still not open. Wow. That is bad. This could have been us! The 2008 tornado went right by us — maybe 1/4-mile away. This microburst was not that far away from the path of that tornado. Has to be a wind corridor. Yes, that we have two lakes side-by-side, so to speak, might have something to do with that.
As I write, close to midnight it is raining & has been for hours. Not hard. But enough. It did not stop me from getting in my 11pm 1-mile walk. I, however, did not take the dogs. They would have got soaked. I managed to stay dry. Got some decent rain gear. SMILE.
Well, from what I see, we have another 10-days of ‘interesting’ weather ahead. I will keep you posted.
