Yesterday was a very hot and humid day here in the upstate of South Carolina. It was the sort of day that you are extremely grateful to the person who invented air conditioning. Last night just after sundown we had a magnificent storm that blew through. And when I say "blew" through I mean it literally. We had winds in excess of 60 mph along with heavy rains, lightening and thunder. Leaves were being blown through the air like the raindrops. Large tree limbs were falling from the tall oak trees around the lake and everything was being blown away. The awning over the RV was swaying and we were praying it stayed intact. It did. My hanging baskets somehow remained in place but they were rotating round and round and round, much like the blades on a helicopter. There were actually waves in the lake! A few times when it has been windy we have seen white caps on the lake but yesterday we saw full waves breaking. It is quite scary being inside an RV while the wind is that strong. We lost electric power for over an hour as the storm continued. The temps had dropped somewhat so it was in the mid 80's and we finally had to open windows and the door a little to get some air. We couldn't open them much due to the winds blowing the rain horizontally. David and I witnessed a little hummingbird trying to get to the feeder during the storm. Poor little bird was being blown to smitherines and was having a lot of difficulty trying to fly. I saw it 3 different times trying to get a drink from the feeder, always unsuccessful as the winds were too strong. All was well by bed time last night. The storms had finally moved out, the power was back on and the air conditioner working. We are in for yet another very hot, humid day... heat index of 105 is predicted, which is hot for this area. Below are a few photos of what was waiting for us this morning when we woke up. We are fortunate this is all the damage we had as many places right in this area suffered severe damage with roof tops ripped off and buildings damaged.
one wind sock blew into one of the flower beds
one of my bird feeders was left dangling
leaves and limbs were scattered all over
flower pots were knocked over
tables knocked over
tables and chairs blown over
tree branches fell
wind sock blew across the lot and got all tangled up in a table that was blown over
