We got the rain I asked for on Monday. It came with high winds, thunder, lightning and hail. The first hit came about 1:45 in the afternoon while I was in my car on my lunch break. It was bad enough that I had to pull over because I couldn’t see anything around me. This was just a prelude to what happened at 5:00. I work on the second floor in a four-story building. When the hail hit it sounded like it was going to break the windows. When the hail stopped I decided to run in the rain to my car. I had to run through a quickly flowing stream that had formed. It was VERY cold water and I was in sandals. My feet still are not warm. The local news showed pictures of hail with a quarter and hail with a golf ball to show size. Both pictures were taken very close to where we live.
Grace, Hannah, and Rachael were all at Nana’s house during the brief but violent storm. The storm scarred Grace, a reaction we would expect based on her response to previous storms. Rachael loved watching the storm and once it was over fell asleep on Papa’s leather footstool. That reaction is also one we would expect based on Rachael’s personality. The surprise was from Hannah. She loved watching the storm and was not afraid. Some times she surprises us! The pictures were taken about 30 minutes after the storm. This morning the hail is gone but the leaves are covering the sidewalks and driveways. There is some clean up to do – didn’t we just work on the landscaping?! Fortunately we did not have any major damage. 
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