OK, so as a newbie to Colorado, the thunderstorms here take a little getting used to. Here they are a whole different level than New York storms. One minute it's a beautiful day, the next there's a tornado warning. If you're reading this post from the Midwest you're probably laughing at me, but for a transplanted Northeasterner, it's quite the experience.
I've never seen the Emergency Alert System actually come on the TV for tornadoes before. There's a certain level of anticipation as you wonder where the warning's for. Will I be headed for the bathtub with the cat or is it business as usual? I guess if you hear sirens, it's time to head for the hills.
During the opening ceremony of the Olympics a storm dropped almost 3 inches of rain in less than a hour. I've never seen it rain so hard. And bad luck for the local NBC station, a lightning strike took out their audio for the ceremony prompting a flood of irate calls, letters and e-mails from people incensed TV doesn't control the weather.
For the record this storm was about 10-15 miles east of where I was and moving away. It produced some spectacular lightning which always seemed to just elude the camera.
