Post by papaof2 on Jun 14, 2020 18:56:51 GMT -6
Around 6PM (EDT), the weather radio alarm went off and the announcement was "Severe thunderstorm warning" that's within a couple miles of our location. Pulled the truck into the garage (had it out to have room to assemble the tow-behind core aerator for the riding mower) and 1) it's very cool outside, 2) it's dark for this hour in June, 3) most of the sky is gray to black clouds and 4) it's starting to rain - all excellent indicators of a thunderstorm possibly headed my way. The weather radio alert had mentioned "Winds to 60mph" so I wanted the truck under cover.
We got sprinkles of rain and heard thunder in the distance but nothing else. At 8:30PM, the electric co-op is showing 638 meters out, 553 of those at one substation, but all of their outages are West of us. No sun now, but the "skylight" is that yellowish color often associated with storms and it's brighter now than at 6PM which gives an indication of how thick/dark the clouds were then.
Georgia Power is showing 6000 meters out across the state, with 4900+ of those in metro Atlanta where there is still some thunderstorm activity.
Just another typical summer afternoon/evening of dodging the thunderstorms…
We got sprinkles of rain and heard thunder in the distance but nothing else. At 8:30PM, the electric co-op is showing 638 meters out, 553 of those at one substation, but all of their outages are West of us. No sun now, but the "skylight" is that yellowish color often associated with storms and it's brighter now than at 6PM which gives an indication of how thick/dark the clouds were then.
Georgia Power is showing 6000 meters out across the state, with 4900+ of those in metro Atlanta where there is still some thunderstorm activity.
Just another typical summer afternoon/evening of dodging the thunderstorms…
