Yesterday, after we got the boat tied up and covered, Liz said she had heard warnings that even though the sun was out and everything seemed fine, that we'd best be taking cover as some really bad storms were on their way.
We got about a third of the way up to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, where we were taking friends Kevin and Kelly for their first visit to Popeye's when we realized we'd left the 50% off coupon at home, so had to drive back to get it.
The stations we were listening to o n the way there kept interrupting with dire warnings of this fast-moving and powerful storm that was going to hit the whole area. We parked and had just gotten in when it hit Lake Geneva with quite a fury. Visibility dropped to maybe 100 feet and there were some of the blackest clouds I've ever see,
The rain came down with a vengeance, quickly turning the street in front of the place into a raging torrent. And, then there were some really serious wind. The lights flickered a few times in Popeye's, but kept coming back on. By the time we finished eating, the storm was completely gone.
About an hour later, the sun came out.
On the way back to Spring Grove, we saw quite a few trees down and a wayward trampoline that had gone on a joy flight from somebody's house. The most damage seemed to be centered right along the Illinois-Wisconsin border. The roof of the Antioch Bowling Alley was blown off. I used to deejay quite a few weddings there in days gone by.
Close to the entrance of our subdivision, there was police tale around twp trees that had blown over and pushed the wires down. Our electricity had been out, but was back on by the time we got home.
That Was One Frightening Storm. --RoadDog
Life Before Computers: And, finally, if yopu had a three and a half inch floppy... you'd better hope nobody found out about it.
