...with Mother Nature. No, not this seemingly sweet lady from the Chiffon commercials:
The real Mother Nature is a powerful, manipulative bitch with an evil sense of humor. And if you don't believe me, observe the following pictures taken during a brief stretch of my drive in Florida the other day:
Nice day, huh? I always love driving by LPGA Blvd. I used to tell my kids that they were going to rename it Di Blvd. when I became a famous golfer. So far, the existing name is pretty safe.
Oh my! Could be some thunderstorms rolling in. The lightning was beautiful and terrifying.
Um...this is the "view" from my windshield just a few minutes later. The little square on the windshield is my SunPass for the Florida Turnpike...I like to call it my FastPass because driving in Florida is kind of like a Disney thrill ride. Couldn't see in front of me. The driver in front of me was nonplussed by the whole thing, failing to turn on his lights so that I might have a clue of the proximity of my bumper to his. He must have been saying, "I don't think the heavy stuff's gonna come down for quite a while." Movie reference, anyone?
I seem to be coming out the other side now. In my rear-view mirror, it looked like nighttime. Yes...Mother Nature is also a show-off and she seems to get off on f***-ing with Florida! Di
NOW that's what I miss about the south - all that drama with the mercurial weather systems.
Posted by: Jen M | June 25, 2008 at 12:34 PM
I would have been terrified I had been in the car and seen that coming my way.
Posted by: Kristi | June 25, 2008 at 03:29 PM
holy crap. that is one scary looking cloud. when mother nature does her thing around here, the boy refers to mother nature's mood swings :-)
as for the movie reference, that would be Caddyshack :-)
Posted by: Chris | June 25, 2008 at 03:52 PM
And I thought she was just kind of moody!
Posted by: SandyCarlson | June 25, 2008 at 09:10 PM
The forecast for my region of Florida (the bit I live in -- I don't own it) is thunderstorms every day for the next week at least. Not only is that noisy and irritating but it also means no net use; I always unplug my modem during electrical storms, having had one modem fried that way a few years ago. So, thunder means book-reading. I suppose that can't be too bad.
Posted by: Nicholas | June 26, 2008 at 06:32 PM