Tinker
July 28th, 2005, 02:30
After enduring very hot and humid weather( 90's everyday for at least the past 3 weeks) with barely any rain, we got hammered today . Finally ! Yesterday was the hottest yet, it was 98 with an index of 105 . Nothing compared to Arizona, but not normal for NJ. Today it was just as hot . About 4 PM , gray clouds started to move in , this has happened before and before it did anything, the sun was blazing again . But today would be different, just as we were closing the sky turned an eerie pitch black and Kaboom ! I swear the building shook . The sky opened up and it was pouring with hail . We all ran out to our cars to close the windows. The Lightning was treachrous. I've never seen it so bad and the thunder was so loud . I looked at Kim and said *this does not look like an average thunderstorm . It calmed down enough for us to get to the car again . I needed a few things from the grocery store. As we were driving, old, old oak trees were split right near the roots and were toppled in people's backyards . Thank God the trees had not fallen on someone's house or car . All of a sidden out of no where it started again . The rain was coming down so hard I had to pull over . Then came the wind so strong that it actually rocked my car . :afraid: All of a sudden this thing whirled right along side of us and went up a back street . I said *Holy Cow Kim, did you see that * . We both sat there stunned . I started the car and we drove up to the store . The street that it had gone up was the same area of the store . Pieces of homes and trees were scattered about . Garbage and cans were sprewed on over the street . One utily pole was cracked in half and wires were sprawn about . I didn't even go into the store, I just drove straight home . As I parked my DS came running out and said MOM we just were hit with a tornado. I said, I know I saw it . He said, where and I replyed it went right by us . The weather man reported that the winds we felt were 70 mph . :afraid: It was still raining pretty good and the wind was still blowing . I have to say, it felt wonderful as I stood in it for a few minutes until my DH yelled get in the house before you get struck by lightning . :lol: It is now sunny, but extremely cooler, but we have another warning for 10PM . I think I'll stay up to see it . After all, if it's as strong as before, it will probably wake me up anyway . :shrug: