Monday, May 24, 2010

Severe Weather

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
High Wind Warning
Tornado Watch
Flood Warning
Flood Advisory
Flood Watch

I guess you can say we are having some severe weather!  We are fine and quite comfortable. 

While we knew that we were expecting some rain and high wind this afternoon, we decided to take a drive up to Rapid City this morning figuring we would be home long before the bad weather hit.  Our door latch/handle broke over the weekend and we wanted to see if we could find a replacement.  Nope, we had to order one from Petersen Industries and are having it shipped to us.  While in town, we stopped at Cabela's and Sam's Club, had lunch and got diesel.  As John was finishing up getting diesel, thunder and lightning started up as did the heavy rain.  We heard on the radio that Custer had softball sized hail - YIKES!  I called the campground's office and was told that they had small hail and lots of rain.  Whew - we were happy to hear that.  The drive home was rather treacherous with heavy rain and good sized hail.  John had to pull over once as visibility was so poor.  As we got half-way back to Custer, John said "Well, this is a stressful drive home".  How true.

Sheesh, we are so ready for good weather.