from the last storm...

 

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last night's storm...

This cell missed me by about 5 miles...but I ended up getting three tenths of an inch out of another cell that I just caught the edge of.  I like lighting...when it is far away.  This photo is pretty grainy because it is a still from some video I was shooting during the storm.  86,95,74,0,B

storm dodging...

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nearmiss

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scary storm

Got slammed at about 2:30am with a big light show, gusty winds, but just a little rain.  The lightning woke me up just before the winds hit.  Maximum gust was 65 mph.  I REALLY DON'T LIKE THIS KIND OF STORM.  Fired up the computer to check the doppler radar and was happy to see that the full brunt of the storm was right on top of me and passing quickly.  If was all over in about a half hour but took forever to get back to sleep.  84,92,72, .17",G

VORTEX

Transplanted my fruit trees this morning.  Extracted the loser plants from the earthbox test and fed them to the hens.  Loaded it up with the ingredients as per instructions and popped in two heirloom beefsteak tomato starts I got in Ft. Stockton. 

Pulled off another squash (527gm) and some first beans (45.9gm)

Checked the forecast and saw some major storms coming through.  First round missed me altogether.  Did all my storm prep including adding some hail buffer to my glass door (heavy winds out of the NNE)  Stapled up a vinyl shower curtain that was in the old Airstream.  Never even noticed the image on it till I got it fixed on the door frame and saw it from the inside!  Second round hit but the big red blobs on the Doppler radar passed just north and south of me.  I hear that the Ghost Town and Study Butte got hammered and sustained quite a bit of damage.  62,81,60, .17",W, 1.26