Staring at the Clouds
I’ve been spending time this afternoon out on the front porch, watching the storm clouds move in, and waiting for that inevitable flash of lightning followed by the boom from the thunder. I’m not lucky enough to get the lightning in a picture, but the clouds show some of the menacing nature of the rapidly approaching afternoon shower:
Even as I type this, the wind is picking up. The birds have gone silent, and the pigeons that sit so mockingly on our roof have sought shelter somewhere else this time.
I mentioned earlier today about the hail storm from yesterday. Not so coincidentally, I finally went through some old mail this afternoon, and I got a letter from our insurance company. They typically send big packages with lots of pages, so I was curious as to what a simple, one page letter might be. It started out with a wonderful reminder that they try to keep things affordable for all of us that use them as a carrier. It then immediately followed with, “we’re going to raise your deductible for hail coverage to keep your current costs the same.” That didn’t really bother me…till I looked at the fine print…and they’ve raised the deductible from $2,000 to over $8,000! I guess that hail storm wasn’t such a fluke. Maybe I just haven’t been noticing!
So I’m going to go back out front and watch some more of this storm! If it’s going to cost me $8,000 out of pocket to fix my roof if I get damage from a hail storm, I want to be out there watching and get $8,000 worth of excitement from watching the storm!