Just another work day but its our last so its all good.
In the very late afternoon the skies darkened and we could hear thunder in the near distance. The “voice” over the loudspeaker encouraged us to take shelter as lightning strikes were likely. This is when Bob goes into “radar mode”. He tracks the storms for us so we know whether to warn our campers of high winds or possible hail or that the storm will be intense but pass quickly. By the time we leave here Bob will qualify as a meteorologist. I, for one, am thankful he takes such an interest in this as it seems everyone looks to us, as camp hosts, for answers. Not only do they want to know where “x” is or what the hours are for “y” are or the admission fee for “z” they want us to be able to give an up to the minute weather forecast as well. So we try.
Campers started to return to the park after their day long motorcycle rides and we hear their stories of being pelted with hail on the other side of Rapid City. And the storm is headed this way. Hail. The last thing we need.
I made a walk through the campground stowing chairs and other loose objects for campers who aren’t here. I tell others to put their awnings up as winds to 60mph are coming our way. And hail. Let’s not forget the hail.
Bob zoomed in on the Doppler Radar page so much that we could see the runway here on base. We watched some of the storms cells form and break apart as they came over a small mountain range and watched other form and grow and gather together to make a much bigger storm cell.
Luckily, the 60 mph winds hit us at 25 mph, the driving rain came down as quick shower and hail just never materialized at all. However, on the other side of the air strip all hell broke loose. We were spared all for the grace of a half mile.
2 comments:
~Not only do they want to know where “x” is or what the hours are for “y” are or the admission fee for “z” they want us to be able to give an up to the minute weather forecast as well.~
Girlfriend, that's just good writin'. :-)
Heehee. In all fairness, having been one of the people asking about x,y and z, I always hope that the camp hosts will have a better clue about the weather than I do (I always assume that you've been there longer, so you'll know... of course, we all know what they say about assuming!). Still, lemme tell ya, we (the collective RVers of the universe) totally appreciate when you fold up our chairs when we're gone and the wind starts blowing, and knowing more about the weather than we do! :-)
-Dr. Liz (Fiona the dog only worries about the blowing over of her little trash can where her 'doggie bags' go!)
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