OK, I Lied.

In my last post, I stated that I was no longer frightened by thunderstorms. I think, perhaps, that I had forgotten what Kansas thunderstorms are capable of, even though I spent an entire paragraph marveling at their power.

Thunderstorm number two struck Manhattan, Kansas this evening, and this was one was not pussyfooting around like that last one. Let's just say I would not have been caught pedaling through this one if my life depended on it. Uprooted trees, branches coating the streets, trash cans upended, power lines down, power outages all over town...perhaps the only upside was that, without power, there wasn't much to do at work. Thus, a night off!

The aftermath: