Lexie’s Blog
Come Hail or High Water
It was July 2016. We still lived in Colorado Springs, when we not only got one devastating hailstorm, but were on the receiving end of a second round mere five weeks apart.
That night around 10 pm we saw a massive thunderhead spit out strobe-like lightning just east of us. We checked the radar and noticed that a thunderstorm was growing rapidly over Peterson Air Force Base which remained mostly stationary—for the time being.
But, soon we realized that the storm slowly shifted west toward us. To our surprise, we saw that the lighting became more intense and the thunder grew louder. Still, we didn’t think anything of it and were about to go to bed. Little did we know what was about to befall us.
Hurricane Season is Here – What’s in Store?
June 1st marks the beginning of hurricane season. Are you ready?
After moving from Colorado back to Alabama, we knew we’re going from hail storms and wildfires right back into hurricane country. No matter where you move, some sort of natural disaster awaits—may it be blizzards, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, and the list goes on. Ready to move? Pick your disaster…
Camping with the Ugliest Tent Ever
What was supposed to be a nice, relaxing road trip,always turned into a logistical nightmare. Just packing and making sure you have everything you’ll need was a huge undertaking. Then setup and breakdown at the tent site… Not relaxing!!!…
We stood out among our camping neighbors like a sore thumb…
The Devastating Wildfire that Inspired the Novel Fire Watch
Keystoneridin, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons My novel Fire Watch of the Southern Storms series just released two weeks ago, so I thought I'd share the real-life disaster I had witnessed that inspired this story and that I drew experiences from. Â How it started...