In With a Bang!

Well, Autumn decided to come to our area with quite some flare, in the form of a crazy cold front! Yes, fall starts tomorrow, but Mother Nature wanted to make sure we knew she was changing things up on us!

The first wave was just a good rain. Then around 7pm, we started hearing severe weather reports pop up on the TV. The next band was fast moving, strong winds and rain with thunder and lightning, and lastly, hail! The hail got thrown in last minute - Eric was worried about his car, so he even moved it to a nearby garage (since we do not have our own yet). Just as he got back to the house, the rain came in like a wall! Then came the hail... sure enough.

It was only pea sized, so it only did damage to vegetation. Leaves came down off of the trees, ripped to shreds if they were bigger leaves. My pour pumpkin vine took a beating, too, but I'm sure it'll survive. But those leaves that were as big as my head are no more! But it came down in droves and littered the yard and walk everywhere!

And the temperature DROPPED! The rain, itself, was cold! I ran out in it (after the hail part was done)at one point to grab something and it was piercingly cold! But then it ended.

The storm left behind a few power outages, a lot of mess on the ground in the form of leaves and twigs, and a much cooler temperature. Hello, Fall!