{"id":3968,"date":"2012-07-02T14:57:55","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T19:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jwjphotoblog.com\/?p=3968"},"modified":"2013-04-03T04:34:57","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T04:34:57","slug":"thunderstorms-rarely-appreciated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/?p=3968","title":{"rendered":"Thunderstorms Rarely Appreciated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Thunderstorms are rarely appreciated but one was definitely a sight for sore eyes last night as we have been without rain for so long and things are so dry and hot that most around here would have probably settled for anything. As it was, the temps quickly cooled and we had about twenty minutes of solid rain that was welcome relief. I snapped a few photos after supper at Cracker Barrel first from the parking lot in front as the rain cloud approached ahead of the thunder and lightning&#8230;.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/01-Much-Needed-Rain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5331\" alt=\"01 Much Needed Rain\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/01-Much-Needed-Rain-1024x687.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/01-Much-Needed-Rain-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/01-Much-Needed-Rain-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/01-Much-Needed-Rain-624x418.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/02-Much-Needed-Rain-Coming-In.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5332\" alt=\"02 Much Needed Rain Coming In\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/02-Much-Needed-Rain-Coming-In-300x201.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/02-Much-Needed-Rain-Coming-In-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/02-Much-Needed-Rain-Coming-In-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/02-Much-Needed-Rain-Coming-In-624x418.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8230;.and then from up on the hill above and behind it in the ball diamond parking lot&#8230;.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/03-Sunset-Rain-Storm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5333\" alt=\"03 Sunset Rain Storm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/03-Sunset-Rain-Storm-1024x687.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/03-Sunset-Rain-Storm-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/03-Sunset-Rain-Storm-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/03-Sunset-Rain-Storm-624x418.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I was even lucky enough to capture a lightning bolt&#8230;.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/07-Lightning-Bolt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5334\" alt=\"07 Lightning Bolt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/07-Lightning-Bolt-1024x687.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/07-Lightning-Bolt-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/07-Lightning-Bolt-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jwjphotoblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/07-Lightning-Bolt-624x418.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>THANK YOU GOD for the rain !!!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thunderstorms are rarely appreciated but one was definitely a sight for sore eyes last night as we have been without rain for so long and things are so dry and hot that most around here would have probably settled for &hellip; 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