Tuesday May 14th 2024

I woke up this morning to learn there was a tornado watch in the counties north of Orlando until 1PM. Last night I was under the impression that today was going to be a dry day. A line of thunder storms was moving in from the Gulf of Mexico and would be in this area by noon.

This was a winter style storm front with summer time temperatures. It was a potentially dangerous situation. It was humid and cloudy all morning. Near noon, massive dark clouds appeared on the western horizon along with the sound of thunder. Not long after that a lot of very strong wind rocked my RV home as the leading edge of the line of storms hit my RV home broadside. Later in the day I saw a couple of wind damaged temporary signs out on the main highway. The storm lasted about half an hour with heavy rain falling the whole time. The cloud cover thinned during the afternoon and the sun filtered through to warm the day into the low eighties.

Most of my day was focused on chores around the RV. The clutter that tends to accumulate during a long stay is starting to get noticeable. I spent some time putting things away and considering the need to vacuum and possible even wash the vinyl floor. The outcome of my consideration was “not today”. I really need to do a full “spring cleaning” before summer arrives.

My walk around the park today was about four hours after the rain ended. There were still several big puddles remaining in the lower area near the lake. The flower beds left behind by departed snowbirds have started to show signs of neglect and the rain seemed to hasten the dropping of blossoms. These flower beds have been the source of many of my flower pictures in past blogs. Today there was nothing photogenic remaining in the beds.