Nebraska Storms

If you live in Nebraska or Kansas, you grow up learning to keep an eye on the weather. Yesterday evening there were thunderstorms around the area. These wonderful 'acts of nature' sometimes bring fierce thunder and lightening and sometimes the feared tornado. A note from Cal this morning at 6:26 a.m. said, "I am writing this 6/16 PM, our server tower was hit by lightning this AM and we are out of service until you receive this."

It seems that the weather is more severe this summer than usual, but we have also gotten some of the nicest spring days that I remember for quite a few years. Every day the weather around us is erupting with some kind of storm. I found a website " Nebraskastorms.com" written by a storm chaser, Brian Thalken who takes amazing pictures of the storms across Nebraska and Kansas that he is chasing. He even has a live camera on his site that shows current activity when he is out chasing a storm.

I grew up loving thunderstorms. Probably because my dad loved to sit on the east porch out of the rain and listen and watch the lightening flash across the sky and the thunder roll and rumble in the background. We liked to sit there with him. It is a good memory of thunderstorms.

-- have a "nice weather day!"