lightning

Prologue: This was intended to be posted last night but I posted another instead. Bear with me.
Sorry to all of my fans out there (0) for not posting last night. I had a good story to tell but the midwest in spring had other plans. No power resulting from a thunderstorm . I've lived in Iowa my whole life and never experienced this. I always thought that "Severe Thunderstorm Warnings" were harmless, just a show to watch from the front door or window. Then I realized tonight that it is serious. More serious than a tornado. With a tornado you don't screw around, you go downstairs. You expect the worst. With lightning its like an alpha male thing. Tempting nature as the front moves closer. I've never won the lottery, but I also don't think I have a chance at being struck by lightning. I spent two and a half weeks without water in 1993, but it doesn't seem as bad as tonight. I knew that we would have a levee break and lose water hours before it happened. With a tornado you know it's coming. But tonight, all I saw coming was the thunder of the sky, and on "cops" the next forthcoming arrest. Then blackness settled in, no more writing, or anything tonight. Twenty-first century BOREDOM.
Eric
P.S.
I got my power back about 3/4 into this and "cops" was already over. Oh well, I'll catch that episode next week.