The Tempest

It was a hazy, hot humid evening with the air conditioners all humming along as the tube gave us a severe weather alert like a vortex here came the violent thunderstorm We heard the wild wind whistling dixie as the gusts blew in from the southwest so we hightailed it to the basement our hearts rapidly beating in our chests Our hearing senses were heightened by straight line winds in our backyard with the pounding rain hitting our roof the storm downed some power lines The tempest finally passed over as we struggled in the dark and turning on our flashlights we finally ventured back on up Looking out the back door we noticed three fallen trees relieved they didn't fall on any structure as we felt the cool breeze on our cheeks With no gizmos or gadgets to keep us entertained like the Amish we retired to our beds the now opened windows served as our air conditioners as a slight cool breeze blew in The next morning technology again thrived as all the power in the house came back on with my bedside clock flashing like a neon sign with 9:17pm ingrained in my mind. 6-20-18