The Hail Storm

An ominous storm rolled in on the evening of July 31st.  Soon there were hailstones mixed in with the rain.  Before we knew it we were getting pounded by large hailstones... grape size... and even bigger... some like a Loonie.... maybe even golf ball size.

Our next door neighbors had come out with a brand new vehicle.  They had only had it for about it week and it got pounded by the hail.  I had both of my trucks out at the cottage.  The old one was little more sheltered than the new one, and didn't suffer quite as many dents.  The hood and roof of my newer truck are pocked with hail marks.  The box cover is even worse.  The metal roofing on our cottages and garage are all lightly dented.

Later that evening I understand that a tornado touched down in the area of Caroline and Sundre.  There was a real light show of lightning off to the south after midnight.  It was reminiscent of photographers shooting fashion models on a runway.  We didn't hear much thunder, so it must have been quite some distance away.  
Holiday Monday was also very unsettled.  The only good part about all of this is that it probably helped to get the wildfire under control.  But I will sure be glad when this period of instability is behind us and we return to a more stable weather pattern.