Miscellaneous #6

      I think it is so amazing how weather works. When I was young I always thought that I would be a weather woman. I wanted to be on TV and point at the map/green screen and talk about the upcoming weather. My uncle Rick is the Emergency Management Director for Van Wert County, so I feel like it is in my blood to be obsessed with what is going on outside. I love tornados and thunderstorms, even though they can be scary sometimes. The sound of rain is so incredibly peaceful, and I love falling asleep to it. It is crazy how warm it was outside, especially in December. I wore shorts outside comfortably, and I honestly can't remember the last time I did that during this time of year. Sometimes I wonder what it is like to live near the coasts where they get extreme weather all the time. I have never experienced an earthquake, but sometimes I wonder what it's like. I can't imagine going through something that drastic, because it is so scary! Can you imagine just watching the earth split apart right in front of your eyes? Thunderstorms are always fun and cool until it gets super windy and the lightning gets bad. High winds can be very scary, especially when the electric poles start falling, and trees start falling on cars. This past summer, we had a bad storm that took our power out for a week. It was very eye opening, because we have never been out of power for that long. I can't imagine what people go through when they lose power for weeks and even months. I really don't know how the amish do it! A couple years ago, one of our really big trees in our backyard got struck by lightning and split right down the middle. Part of the tree fell off but the other half stayed. It was amazing, because the whole tree was then dead and had no leaves on it even in the summer. It is crazy how God works, and all these storms and disasters remind us how he is in control and shows us how powerful he is.