What's with the weather???

[Lindsey]

Last night we had a giant thunderstorm. I don't remember one that intense in a long time. There was thunder and lighntning about every 30 seconds, and the whole house was shaking. Layla isn't usually bothered by storms, but last night she ran out of my room and I could hear her crying. I got up to search for her, and she was under the couch in the basement! Poor baby!
Anyways, today was a nice warm sunny day. I actually spent most of it outside in the back yard with a book. I came in to watch some tv, and within about 10 minutes the nice sunny day turned into this:

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That's the view from my front porch. Hail and everything! Our back alley looks like a river. Both of these storms have been totally unpredicted by the weather stations. They just came fast and out of nowhere!