The Other Side of the Shore - A Perfect Storm

Watching a storm from the beach is one of the most scary, yet interesting things I can say I've ever experienced in my life. By being on the beach, there is nothing blocking your view of the horizon leaving you to see every lightning bolt in full view. That's great, unless you're scared of thunder, which I always have been.

Sitting on the beach we could tell that something was off. It was supposed to be 100 degrees out and it just wasn't. I wouldn't go as far as to say it had been cold but the temperature had definitely dropped since we had been out there. You could see the sun go behind the clouds and the sky became a hazy almost heather grey. The wind picked up and the flags were all flapping. You could just tell a storm was brewing.

We made our way up to the house hoping to not get caught in the rain. The kids were lucky and so were the moms. The dads however, not so much. A light rain started as they walked back from the beach.

Once everyone was in the house, we all began to look out the large back paladin window out onto the Sand Dunes and the water. You could see the sky turn from the light heather that it had once been to such a dark charcoal grey, you weren't sure if it was grey or black. The wind picked up even higher and thunder began to rumble. And suddenly out in the sky you see the most majestic yet scary thing. Down at the beach you don't see just the light. You see the whole lightning bolt. It is so hot that it is almost a purpley white and you see it just go over the horizon. There was lightning almost every second as far as the eye could see.

Once the storm was over, the sun came back out. It was setting so we were able to see both a rainbow and the weird effect that comes along with a sunset after rain. The lightning was still happening and at that point you could see horizontal lightning because it was still stuck in the clouds. It was actually pretty  cool to go outside and see.

As much as I hate storms, I would have to say a storm down the shore would have to be a perfect storm. It's interesting, scary and beautiful. Unless the power goes out, but we didn't have that happen.