Lightning (lots of pictures)

[randiliana]

Here are some shots of the lightning last night. Was a super storm for taking pictures, lots of lightning, and long lasting strikes. But that is not good when we are as dry as it is getting here. There were 2 fires last night from this storm. Both were safely put out, and I don't think there was too much damage done. It was quite the weather last night, first all this lightning, not hardly a drop of rain and then the wind picked up and the temperature ROSE from 27*C back up to 37*C. At 2 am it was still 31*C. The wind was strong enough that it blew a lot of the hay that was cut away, it knocked over numerous large trees, and it blew the north wall out of an old open front barn.

First we started out with this awesome sky

As it got darker, the sky got more dramatic.

Now for the light show