Very, very frightening...

A huge clap of thunder, then a storm of hail clattering on the parked cars burning the road white with marble sized hailstones. I’ve never seen or heard a hailstorm like it. Traffic stopped, people ran for cover, a sparrow was knocked out of the air to fall to the ground below.

Of course I didn’t see it fall. But I’m sure that sparrows and all manner of birds are knocked from the air by unfavourable weather conditions all the time. If there is a God, and he really does see every sparrow fall then he must have his work cut out given the billions of birds on the planet. Maybe he makes the hail move around the birds - after all he works in mysterious ways doesn’t he?

The thunder and hail were mysterious enough for me this afternoon. As I said, I’ve never seen or heard anything like it and (although I didn’t see it) the lightening was pretty spectacular too.

Luna was out when it started, but with the first roll of thunder she flew in through the door and cat-howled around the house as hailstones drummed the skylight on the top floor landing. Yet another mystery, the thunder doesn’t ever bother her and she likes to watch fireworks from the window, but there was something about the beat of the hail that unsettled her.

Very, very frightening.