Tornado Alley

Ohio is right in the path of most of the spring storms and tornadoes frequently touch down across the state.

Ohio is typically right in the line of storms that blow across the country. The past few days, we’ve seen lines of severe thunderstorms sweep across the state. Once when my family was on our way to visit the Neil Armstrong museum, we watched a tornado blow across the road in front of us. At that time, we didn’t have the advanced warning devices we have today.

Driving up to Cleveland to spend the weekend with my Mother-in-law, we drove through the most intense rainstorm. There were times when you really couldn’t see. The Tractor Trailers were splashing up water and the rain was coming in sideways. The only way to tell where you were was by watching for the yellow stripe on the road. Then, when we hit the outskirts of Cleveland, the sun started to break through the clouds. This has to be one of the oddest winters on record.  We have tornadoes in March and spring-like temps in February.

Lightning Delay

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Originally uploaded by Elessar

During the Dublin Scioto High School football game against Toledo Central Catholic, we had a 40 minute lighting delay. Once the game got started, we were treated to some amazing colors in the clouds–remnants of Hurricane Fay.