Hammered and Pounded

Decision ahead

Yesterday in the early afternoon the skies grew angry looking, followed by a brief volley of pea-sized hail.  Then the lightning, thunder and wind started.  Almost immediately it began raining really hard, and the rain last for several hours.  All of the meteorologists in the "Bordeplex"  (Las Cruces/El Paso/Ciudad Juarez) were issuing flood warnings and storm alerts, showing photos and videos that residents were sending in.  Some areas of all cities were so inundated with hail it looked as if several inches of snow had fallen on the streets.  Our local university--New Mexico State--was heavily flooded in certain sections of the campus.  Becca and I got spit upon by the sky a little bit this morning, but so far we've avoided yesterday's nasty weather.

Lineman School is in session

Potrillo Mountains on the horizon

Virga

Rain that is reaching the ground

Interesting sky

Storm clouds over the desert

In the high foothills

Wet dirt road

Heading home in the sun