Yesterday we had a crazy thunderstorm. Often in the evenings here it will be cloudy and thundering with a bit of lightning but it never amounts to much. However, yesterday was crazy. A bunch of us were sitting in the green room watching a movie minding our own business not paying any attention to the rumbles of thunder and the flashes of lightning outside. It then started to rain a little and then we got one of those freak lightning bolts accompanied simultaneously by a deafening crash of thunder. The fire alarm went off immediately and everyone had to evacuate. Almost as soon as everyone was outside it began to pour. It rained so hard you would be completely soaked to the bone in about 5 seconds. Of course everyone had left their windows open and one side of the building got pummelled with rain and many poor souls had to sleep in wet beds or had wet computers. Thankfully, my room was on the opposite side of the building. After checking the water damage in my room, I went back to the green room to see if anyone was still there. When I walked in I saw that the ceiling had collapsed right over where we had been sitting and the room was half flooded. 10 minutes later the rain had stopped and you could see the stars. Crazy! So much for that drought I keep hearing about.
4 comments:
that's nuts! your building sounds incredibly well built (lol) Anyways, glad that everybodys okay, if a little wet :p
Ahhh... the rains of the southern hemisphere... fun times. Especially fun if you find people who are cool enough to go puddle jumping with you. Just make sure you have good rain coats, and not much lightening... haha... ZAP!!!!
holy crap dionne! and we think we've seen some pretty crazy weather extremes living in Saskatchewan. Go mother nature. woot ;)
nice accommodations you got there!
xoxo
Lindsay Chapman
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