Hey there all. I’ve had some nerve-rattling experiences over the past week, and it seems as though Mother Nature is trying to reak havoc on me personally. Maybe not, but there’s definitely a pattern.
Well, as many of you know, I went to B.C. for a wedding. There, I was helping my mother and grandmother into our van when it was raining. Not too peculiar, but no sooner had I gotten them into the van then the rain turned into great big hail. I covered my head, and jumped in. But it still cut up my hands considerably. We then went to our hotel, and waited a while before we went it. My parents elected me to run in and get our room. Well I went in, and as soon as I got in the door the hail stopped.
Now this is peculiar, but certainly not overly strange. This week, however, something else happened. It was early in the morning, maybe 7:00 AM. I was in bed, sleeping away, when a hug crack of thunder woke me up. It wasn’t like anything I had ever heard before. After awhile I got back to sleep. Later that day I was talking to my next door neighbours. Apparently lightning had struck their porch light and sent it flying. Let me explain: my bed is up against the wall in my room. On the other side of that wall, is my neighbours door. The reason it was such a loud crack of thunder, was that the lightning had struck my neighbours light and sent it flying into my wall. The actual distance from their door to where I was sleeping is only a few feet.
Well, those are just a couple of incidents, but then two days ago it happened again. I was in the bathroom, getting ready to go out. Right then, a big storm struck. This time lightning and hail. And as I was in the bathroom, lightning struck right outside the bathroom window!
All this adds up to me being a little curious as to what’s going on. Not that I actually think Mother Nature is coming after me, but something’s not right here.
It’s your tin foil hat - it needs to be grounded.
Who have you been seeing lately?
After all “It’s not nice to fool around with Mother Nature!”
(Jeez, I hope you are old enough to remember the commercial!)
Yes, Revedge, I remember the commercial.
And aseymayo, the hat’s fine. I properly grounded it with a tube of cookie dough and a pint of rocky road ice cream.
silent_rob, is that kind of weather typical for this time of year? Just curious.
It isn’t mother nature. It was me but I was aiming at someone else. Sorry.
She gets us all eventually the only issues are the when and the how - unless you are called Scully and then you don’t die 
It does sound like something interestingis lined up for you.
Your folks must be real proud.
um…
you are obviously a weather god, and have never realized it before…
and your name is Rob?
ever read the hitchikers guide?..you could make a fortune by vacationing in drought-encumbered countries…they’ll pay big bucks for a weather god.
Let’s just hope he learns to use his powers for good.
I thought that was in one of his Dirk Gently novels. Damn, now I have an excuse to read the whole series again.
And silent_rob, is this still happeneing? I will pay you lots of money to stand next to my ex-fiance during the next big storm here.
Rob McKenna…the Rain God.
starts page 12 in So Long and Thanks for all the Fish…
and for you, silent_rob, a quote:
“All the clouds knew was that they loved him and wanted to be near him, to cherish him, and to water him.”
I’m telling you, there is a fortune to be made here…I humble offer you my services as manager…for a straight 45%.
as for standng next to bratmans ex…LOL…come over here and stand on top of Dewt’s ex-wife first!!!
Audrey, it’s not really typical, actually. The past few summers have been pretty dry. Also, I can’t even remember the last time we had hail, let alone twice in a week.
Hmmm, weather god? I like the sound of that. I could easily be the weather god for hire, people would pay through the nose for my services. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! What? Use my powers for good? I don’t think so. Us my powers for fun and profit is more like it. Bratman and Dewt sound like my first customers. Anyone else? I don’t think I need a manager at the moment Dylan. But if you can drum me up some business, I might need one. But 45%? That angers Rob the Weather God…how about 15%?