Storm's a'coming

[auntiemeesh]

The weather called for scattered thunderstorms all day. Luckily, they held off while I was out and about. It got a bit dicey for a while as I was waiting for my haircut - I was outside a Starbucks and it was so windy I was afraid it was going to blow my full coffee cup away. It didn't and by the time I was done with the hair, the wind was done, too. For awhile.

Around 6:45, it started getting really dark, so I grabbed my camera and went out to get some pics. Let me show you them.

First were the smooth, dark clouds.


They were moving fast and it quickly got darker.


And darker.


I took these next two, one right after the other. You can see how quickly they were moving.



The sky just looked so cool. Dark and ominous and broody.



I love watching clouds. I don't usually see shapes and pictures; I'm too busy watching the clouds grow and change and flow with the air. And storm clouds are always fascinating to watch. Until the lightning and the thunder start coming a little too close together and the wind starts threatening to hurl things at me. Then it's time to retreat to the inside, where I can watch the storm in perfect safety. I did, actually, go back out once it started raining. I wanted to play with the movie setting on my camera so I got 30 seconds of strong wind blowing the trees around, and another 30 seconds of rain hurling itself at the ground with serious intent. Unfortunately, I don't really know what to do with them. Youtube, I suppose. I wanted to put them on my website, but I can't upload anything that big. I've never uploaded anything to Youtube, but it can't be that hard, right?

Comments

[topaztook.livejournal.com]

Cool pictures. Photography is fun, although I don't particularly like standing out in the rain, myself.

Youtube is not that hard -- if I can do it, it can't be.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I love taking pictures. Some day maybe I'll learn some of the tricks of the trade but until then, I'll just keep snapping away at whatever suits my fancy.

I didn't really want to stand out in the rain with my camera, because I'm sure the water wouldn't be good for it, but luckily I have a little awning over the porch so I was protected (a little, at any rate).

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

Very entertaining photos. I love storms and storm clouds. We had an excellent storm here this evening but I didn't take photos. I really should sometime. Yours are wonderful. You can see it build with each shot.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Storm clouds are just so fascinating to watch - I was just outside a few minutes ago watching today's group gather. We should be getting a storm sometime this evening and the clouds are currently thinking about how best to arrange themselves.

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

We had a lovely storm this evening but it was already dark so no pictures but lots of thunder and lightening!

[shirebound]

That's a scary sky!

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Apparently there was a really great rainbow after the storm, that was visible downtown. Not being downtown, I'm sad to say I missed it.

[lyda-pearl.livejournal.com]

those are some serious looking clouds. We thought we were gonna get thumped last evening but it held off. We had a weird morning thunderstorm today though.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

It's the time of year (in Pgh at least) for almost daily thunderstorms. Last night's was one of the wildest we've had so far this summer, though.

[ani-no-mouse.livejournal.com]

From what I can see (i'm still waiting for the photos to finish downloading - boo, dial-up!) those look like impressive storm clouds. Wow! I just got a glimpse of the last one, and I can almost hear the thunder that must have accompanied those clouds!

It threatened rain here all day yesterday, but we never got any. When I walked the dogs at 6:00 this morning it was already so hot and sticky we nearly had to swim home. Still, we haven't had more than a few sprinkles. At this point I hope the rain does hold off for a little longer because I do now have laundry on the wash line. (That should make it rain for sure, right?)

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I hope the rain is holding off for your laundry. We've got a bit of sun here, at the moment, but we're supposed to get more storms late this afternoon into the evening, and there are a few dark clouds hovering around the horizon, just waiting for the perfect opportunity to swoop in and rage at us.