One Nasty Storm Cell in the Direct Path of Piney Point
One of the most helpful apps that I have on my iPhone/iPad is the NOAA Hi-Def Radar App. It uses Google Maps and allows for any number of overlays with the (most important) base radar as the default.
While working in the Midwest I was able to save my car body from likely ruin by stopping under an I-80 underpass while a blast of one-inch diameter hail pummeled the ground. Ten minutes later the sun broke through the dark clouds.
Washington DC and the Mid-Atlantic Seaboard got hit with a series of whopper thunderstorms last night. I was able to grab this iPad screen shot when the worst was hitting Piney Point. The storm came from the southwest right over the Mighty Potomac River. It seems when turbulent air hits the cool waters of the river lightning strikes multiple.
As a precaution I went through my checklist of things to prepare for power outage, or less likely, a lightning strike near the house. There are a number of very tall pine trees in back of my house – which is understandable as I live in Piney Point, right down the road from Tall Timbers!
Fortunately we did not loose power last night, making for a cool relaxing sleep after the storm migrated east over the Chesapeake Bay.
Today a little kayak fishing is planned, as the only cool place outside will be on the water. I’ve got my GoPro Camera mounted on the kayak and a water-proof housing on my little Canon S110 finally installed.
Expect some photos and videos to come shortly. I missed some fantastic wildlife shots yesterday because I could not get my unprotected camera out of the kayak hold fast enough.
Fishing tally so far: Raul 5, Mike 0!
