Wild Weather Day!

The Dallas area had some wild weather that caught us a little off guard yesterday. Rain was expected but we had no clue a downpour with tornadoes was on the horizon. It appeared to be a beautiful day. I was a little unsure if I had dressed warm enough or not as we left to go to the mall. As we walked into the mall it seemed I had made the okay choice. After a few hours spent shopping/browsing and having lunch. We rounded the corner to head towards the exit. I looked out to see the downpour. It was now dark, thundering, pouring rain, windy, and cold!

We went back to my boyfriend's place to wait out the storm. As we were watching the ASU game on TV the game was interrupted by an emergency weather alert warning us of tornadoes in the area. The downpour continued. As late afternoon approached it seemed the worst was over. We were up for braving the conditions to go do some more browsing that we had planned before the downpour began. Next up for us was to find a motorcycle store in a nearby city. When we arrived at the store it didn't appear to be open at first. We soon learned the staff was preparing to close since a tornado had touched down less than a mile away. As a result only part of their electricity was operating. By the time early evening came heavy rain had subsided for good.

I thought the worst part of the entire thing was the cold temps. I love cold weather but I was completely unprepared for the temps to drop as much as they did yesterday. Cody and I nearly froze as I took the boys out for a very short walk yesterday evening. I spent most of the night last night trying to get warm.

All I have to say is that's Texas for ya! The weather here has the ability to catch you completely off guard. My boyfriend did all the driving yesterday so I still have yet to test out my new tires. I'm glad he did all the driving the weather was insane. I want some rain to drive in but not a downpour. It's hard to explain the rain here to anyone that lives in Phx. You have to see it to truly get it. Phx has these simply rather small rain gutters to drain any rain from a roof. TX has massive drains that both pugs could fit through. Plus they have drains in the middle of large lawns. Soon after I moved here I was walking along one day and discovered a drain in the middle of a large lawn. That was the moment I clued into the fact that Dallas receives significant rain. The last time I saw drains in the middle of a lawn was back in Seattle.

Side note 1: Why is it that every time ASU is on TV here they lose badly? Irritating!

Side note 2: As I'm preparing to finish this post another weather alert has just interrupted the NFL game I'm watching with news of a new severe thunderstorm heading our way.