Half an hour ago I was walking down the road in full sunshine, watching dark clouds approach from the south.
20 minutes ago I was out emptying Zeb's litter tray and felt the first few wee spots of rain.
Now it is sleeting, horizontally because of the high winds, plus there are hail showers mixed in. I'm going offline as the lightening and thunder has started. Time to disconnect electronics and comfort Zebbycat.
Postscript: One hour later and I just heard on the radio that some trees and power lines have blown down, and a ew houses have had their roofs blown off. Zebby and Mickle are okay as outside the first storm of Autumn is whalloping Wellington around.
A further 2 hours and it is all over. Will need to contact the owner of the next flat up the steps from mine as his guttering downpipe is a little loose so all the water from it is landing on my front porch. I had to rescue the pots of mint and parsley.
Mickle's Pickle: from our World's Southern most Capital City.
4 comments:
Its been cooler here too Michelle, had our fire going for a couple of nights this week.
Hope your roof stays intact !
Sounds like quite a frightening storm.
Glad you and Zeb cat are OK though and hope that is the end of it.
Nuts in May
We know it's getting cooler when Cody spends all night on the bed between us, he is a good hot water bottle. I remember those autumn storms in Wellington well.
take care
Hmmm - I'm thinking I just might enjoy something like that.
Is it because of your location that you get storms like this?
Oooooh - for a lovely fireplace I imagine (gas of course - cutting wood is quite a chore)!
xoxoxo
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