Friday 27th July and and it's hard to comprehend that our son would have been 55 today. But, after a quiet morning, we had little time for reflection as weeks of heatwave ended with a flourish of heavy rain and a hailstorm with big lumps of ice hitting everything and causing some damage locally - up to a couple of miles away it remained dry! The noise was unbelievable!!
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| A realistic size of the hailstones... |
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| ...these caught in zooming to snap the hail on a roof - the stones were big but not that big so those at the front of the photos were enlarged! |
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| A lot of leaves were broken off the shrubs and trees by the hailstones. |
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The hailstones hung around for quite some time after the storm had passed...
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| A metal flower container was smashed... |
...and there were a few dints in the car bonnet in spite of it being partly sheltered by a hedge and trees. But we came off lightly compared to a neighbour who suffered extensive damage to cars and a greenhouse was smashed.
Over the weekend, there were very high and blustery winds plus rain showers. The disturbed weather is supposed to have a final blow from south to north across the country today, then return to calmer weather and a rise in temperature again. We hope not so extreme during or after sunny weather!
As with most things, I feel that "fair to middlin'" is best!!
Sending my love on your son's birthday. So sad.
ReplyDeleteThe hailstorm sounds like a scary experience! It's been a year of extreme weather, hasn't it? onwards and upwards.
Thank you very much, Alison.
ReplyDeleteYes, the hail storm was quite alarming! Seems like extreme weather is going to be the new norm and something we are just going to have to cope with as best we can and not just in this part of the world - I wonder if Trump still thinks it is fake news!
Trump says whatever he thinks will serve him best.
DeleteHe thinks? lol
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