For the past three weeks at least, this is what it has looked like here...at THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON!
I've always loved thunderstorms. They're so ominous and foreboding...giving me a sense of security when I'm home and safe. It's difficult to explain really, but they always give me a good feeling inside. They're exciting! Mother nature at her best.
It's 11:38 a.m. right now as I'm typing this and already I can see the clouds gathering to the north and the northeast..."When the wind is from the North...man should not go forth. When the wind is from the East...tis' not fit for man nor beast." Makes sense when you hear an old timer say, "Gonna be a rough one they say...ayup! A Nor'Easter's on it's way!"
No different here in Asia. I've watched as storms approach from the West (This is the Best) and the South (...blows the fly right into the fish's mouth) and they are pussy cats compared to the Nor'Easter's here. Well, maybe...just maybe Portsmouth, Virginia was comparable.
I think that's the deal...living near or on the ocean. In Portsmouth, Virginia...when I was living in the barracks at Portsmouth Naval Regional Medical Center back in 1979, I was right on the Elizabeth River...a tributary that was only minutes from the big blue. I'd arrived back home after attending a "Journey" concert up in Newport News and it was about six p.m. The sky, as I remember it, was almost pitch black and looking out my dorm window I could see lightning flashes touching down for miles and miles. It was awesome.
Here in Southern Thailand, looking out a window during a thunderstorm is NOT advisable. Just weeks ago I was preparing to shut down my computer when a storm hit suddenly, and my router was struck by some finger lightning that zapped in through my upstairs window. My Internet connection was out for six days before a TOT technician made it out here.
Curiously, the storms here almost always come from the North, the East or the Northeast. Only rarely do they approach from the South or the West and when they do they never really amount to much. So, lately I've learned to get all my traveling, shopping, errands, etc., done in the early hours rather than in the afternoon, lest I end up driving home in a soaking rain.
-Jeeem-
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