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mistressofmuses) wrote2025-07-03 10:52 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2025-07-03 10:52 pm
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June 24th: Plains and storms, cool old house
Last Tuesday, we headed back up to the plains again. There was a pretty good thunderstorm chance, so we wanted to see if we could get a good view of any of them.
Eh... mixed results. We did get to see a little bit of nice lightning, but the storms lost most of their oomph by the time they reached us up there. Except for the rain. There was a LOT of water in those clouds! Somehow we managed not to get any hail, which was surprising. The storm eventually reintensified a bit farther north, and while we followed it for a while (through the absolutely wild quantities of rain), we eventually gave up on it. Partially because we didn't want to go much farther, and partially because the rain was so heavy you couldn't see much else, so even if it had done something cool, it would have been hard to see.
Before following it north, we sat in the rain in a parking lot for a bit. This is a screenshot from a video I took of the rain. I'm not sure this even really shows just how intense it was!
Down one of the county roads we were on, we did see a neat old structure. We were able to pull over to grab a couple pictures on the way back, once the rain had stopped.
Stormclouds!
More clouds!
We've taken this exit off the highway before, but there's a really extensive colony of cliff swallows:
I love their nests; they look like little clay pots.
Not the most amazingly successful day, but still nice to get out and do things. The old house? church? other? was neat.
Eh... mixed results. We did get to see a little bit of nice lightning, but the storms lost most of their oomph by the time they reached us up there. Except for the rain. There was a LOT of water in those clouds! Somehow we managed not to get any hail, which was surprising. The storm eventually reintensified a bit farther north, and while we followed it for a while (through the absolutely wild quantities of rain), we eventually gave up on it. Partially because we didn't want to go much farther, and partially because the rain was so heavy you couldn't see much else, so even if it had done something cool, it would have been hard to see.
Before following it north, we sat in the rain in a parking lot for a bit. This is a screenshot from a video I took of the rain. I'm not sure this even really shows just how intense it was!
Down one of the county roads we were on, we did see a neat old structure. We were able to pull over to grab a couple pictures on the way back, once the rain had stopped.
A couple pictures of clouds, some of swallow nests:
Stormclouds!
More clouds!
We've taken this exit off the highway before, but there's a really extensive colony of cliff swallows:
I love their nests; they look like little clay pots.
Not the most amazingly successful day, but still nice to get out and do things. The old house? church? other? was neat.
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Those do look like little clay pots!
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The nests really do! I love them.
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The rain was very intense!
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Very dramatic lighting and skies for those old houses
The stormclouds look amazing. I love the first shot under the cut.
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Having the rain stop, but still with some dramatic sky for the old house was nice! I was glad we were able to stop and grab a couple quick pictures.
And thank you! I like that shot too - the golden field makes a really nice contrast against the darker sky.
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I wouldn't have guessed those were bird nests, wow, cool :D
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The nests are so neat! They're so unique and cool looking.
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Heavy rain here absolutely makes me go on immediate alert for hail! I was shocked that this storm didn't lead to any. (The storm we had yesterday, on the other hand, certainly did! Though at least not destructive hail by me.)
I think Alex has mentioned that hail was much less frequently a thing in Maryland. I've been in CO my whole life, so for me I always think that hail is a possibility when a storm rolls through, so it's weird to think of it not really being a concern! (But I'm also glad for you that it's not, haha.)
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Having lived in CO my whole life, I don't have much else to compare it to, so I don't know how common hail is anywhere else! It does seem like it's a bigger thing here and in parts of the midwest, at least in terms of how often we get reminders about *any* storm potentially bringing hail, haha.