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We just got through flash flooding where I live. The storms have been strange this summer but I am constantly monitoring 2 weather apps because I leave my horse outside at the barn on the neighboring farm & put her in the barn during bad storms.
Even with weather apps I have blown it at least 5 times just this summer. One storm snuck up on us. I have been outside in the pouring rain with lightning flashing right overhead while walking my horse into the barn. Saturday night I actually saw the lightning hit the ground probably 500 feet away from me & my horse as we tried hard to just calmly lead her into the barn.
One storm hit just after I got home from the barn. I was still sitting in my truck & the wind & rain hit. Heard a huge cracking sound. A huge tree several farms away blew down. But the next day I found a huge branch that had split off one of my fence line trees about 50ft behind my truck. Luckily it landed in a non-problem place but will need a professional to take it down. Having my horse & having to actually be outside in the storms sure gives it a much different perspective than being safe in my house. The barn is on top of a hill & I can see the storms completely around the area. Most go around us but the ones that don't can be bad but you never know till they hit how bad they will be around here. I really love my weather app that shows where the lightning is though I usually see the trees it hits on the farms around here
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Leo's favorite place was in the passenger seat of my truck. We went everywhere together like this.
Leo my soulmate will live in my heart FOREVER Nov 1, 2002 - Dec 16, 2018
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