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| "What Kind of Weather?" MM Sikes |
When I looked out from the deck of our condo located near the top of
Sugar Mountain in North Carolina, I was awed by the scene at sunset. This was Tuesday evening following the
horrific tornado that struck Joplin, MO Sunday evening. The weather pattern passing over us was part of that storm system. How beautiful the light and clouds appeared in the western North Carolina skies. Although it was windy and there were weather warnings, the storm clouds brought only heavy rains. At one point, we drove through a downpour of large hail. We were a little surprised the noisy nuggets of ice did no damage to the surface of our vehicle.
Although the weather touches all of us, we have no control over where 200 mile tornado winds will strike. When a tornado hit the Lambert International Airport in St. Louis last month, it swept through the terminal building with full force but did no damage to cars in the lot where our daughter's vehicle was parked. The St. Louis Cardinals baseball game was played at the same time that night.
The sweeping clouds in the late evening light were like a piece of art to us. How savage and ugly they were earlier.
We are little people on a large planet moving through space. We have no control.
