{"id":639,"date":"2007-06-08T17:15:41","date_gmt":"2007-06-08T21:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/06\/08\/storm-watch\/"},"modified":"2010-10-05T00:13:15","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T04:13:15","slug":"storm-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2007\/06\/08\/storm-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Watch!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>It&#8217;s hot here today! 31 Celsius (87.8 F) with a humidity factor bringing the temperature up to 40 Celsius (104 F).  See I told you it gets hot and humid here in Toronto.<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been dark and kind of overcast for the last couple of hours, but just a few minutes ago it got almost as dark as late evening and the wind picked up like crazy.<\/p>\n<p>A storm&#8217;s a comin!<\/p>\n<p>Now there&#8217;s thunder and lightening but very little rain.  So far.<\/p>\n<p>This is the kind of weather that causes Tornado&#8217;s to spring up in the Southern Ontario region.  I hope that one doesn&#8217;t, but I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised to hear of a few towns that got hit by one.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>Chances are also high that our power will go out at some point in the near future.  A couple of years ago when there was a good storm like this one&#8217;s shaping up to be my husband and I heard a loud crack and saw a giant flash of light off to the east.  Turns out it was a transformer that got hit by lightening and blew up!   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