Ka-boom, ker-splash!

[furtech]

For the first time in a while we got a spectacular period of thunderstorms that have lasted, on and off, since last night. I heard thunder that I've never encountered before: weird, ripping sound that went on and on for 10-15 seconds at a time. There was no real crescendo or variance in the noise-- just a long ripping sound. Could possibly have been echoes in the canyons. And this morning we got (in addition to a power outage) half-inch hail. This was the biggest hail I've ever seen: I heard it ping-pinging on the wrought-iron fence. Frieda-- never really frightened by lightning or vacuum cleaners-- has been blissfully sleeping through it all outside.

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[saeto.livejournal.com]

It's been a long time since I've seen hail. You're lucky you got to see some.

I also wanted to say the pics you posted of Frieda in earlier journal entries are adorable.

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Hearing the larger hailstones was more interesting: everything was tinkling and pinging. Just the right size: smaller and it would have sounded like rain; larger and the sound would have been more like "clanking" and "Ohmygodmycar!"

Thanks for the props on Frieda: She's been the perfect companion for me...gets me out on walks even when it's pouring rain and I'm running a fever because she -knows- I need the excercise... I've had her for fourteen of her fifteen years (yay shelter dogs!).