Wild weather

“Wormsign!”

We had some wild weather in Waterloo Region yesterday. I love it. Nature is awesome and breathtaking. I pulled into the Futureshop parking lot on my way home, to get a refund for the piece of shit webcam my Dad and I bought, that’s when the hail started. It was big, and sounded like somebody was throwing buckets of marbles onto the roof of my car. It got heavier, the sky became darker, the noise became deafening, and I was sure that my car would look like a golfball when it was all over, my only consolation being that so would everyone elses’ cars.

The hail eased off, then stopped. I was about to get out of the car when I heard bigger bangs, more intermittent than the hail. There was big jagged chunks of ice falling from the sky. Bloody hell, it sounded like somebody was taking a hammer to the roof of my car, and I thought I’d lose the windshield. I was thrilled and a little worried too. That kind of hail is a sign of tornado activity. Our house is close to Waterloo Region’s “tornado alley”.

When I’d obtained my refund, I headed in the direction of home. Up 85 to 86. As soon as I’d turned left from 85 onto Listowel Road, the sky ahead of me was as dark as night, with a big, nasty cloud formation. Lightning forked from the cloud every second. as I drove along 86 toward Listowel it was dark, with rain like a solid wall of water, and strong winds blowing the car about. Luckily it’s a Jeep and it’s heavy. The lightning was the most frightnening part. Flash! Flash! Flash! One after another. I was getting worried about everyone at home.

As I passed Dorking it eased up, and by the time I turned at Club 86 it was gone. The system headed toward Arthur and Fergus, I think. That was one scary drive home.