Mad Weather

I’ve seen some bonkers weather in my time, with being caught in a monsoon rain storm in Malaysia being one of the few times when I’ve actually been scared stiff. And boy-o-boy, what an impressive show Mother Nature put on for me that day.

One minute I was driving down a motorway in brilliant sunshine and then the next the sky is totally and completely pitch black. Then the storm starts with lightning that is a strange pink colour, thunder so loud that it makes the car vibrate and rain that falls so hard – hitting the roof with what sounded like millions of ball-bearings - the windscreen wipers simply couldn’t keep up.

I dare say that a lot of folks out there in blog land have experience similar – if not worse – weather conditions, but for a guy use to a cold and drizzly Manchester climate, it was certainly a scary time.

Still, the weather today in Manchester was just as freaky – although not as scary. First there was the high wind that caused the office to make any number of strange whistling and groaning noises. Even the ceiling tiles flapped about a bit – making me wonder whether the roof was about to come off. And then there was the rain. Now, I normally expect gravity to have some affect on the way that rain falls to earth, but not today, as it was raining horizontally!

It may be global warming or just a simple change in the weather patterns, but blimey, the power of nature doesn’t half make you stand up and take notice.