Storm Damage

After an extremely hot day, the clouds started to build.   Very quickly the wind picked up, the lightening flashed, and the thunder boomed.  Then the rain started to come down.  It was pouring and the high winds continued.

It had all the elements of a good storm except one.  Hail.
And then the hail started to pelt the earth.  Really!

So now we have this perfect storm and we are all upstairs watching from the window.  Cari noticed one of our tree branches breaking off the tree and she made the wise call for us all to move downstairs.

Twenty minutes later the air was calm and the rain had slowed to a drizzle.

The kids and I jumped in the car and quickly found almost every road in the neighborhood blocked by fallen trees.

There were a lot more trees down than this, I just photographed a sample for you.  This was the most damage from a short storm that we have seen in a long time.  We went to bed without power that night, but it was back on by 3am.  That evening, as we drove around looking at the damages, one last thing caught my attention.  A rainbow.