It's Like, SNOWING! Or Something...

Well, once again tonight was something of a bust for sleep, but at least I don't recall any bizarre dreams (at least for now, if I try hard enough I'm sure I can conjure one up). I didn't take a shower as my last post indicated; I was just too tired and it was too late for me to get out of my warm bed and into the shower. At least I was proactive enough to turn off the light and put my computer away, but I didn't bother closing my bedroom door.

It was no surprise that I would wake up to the sound of Natilie getting ready for work; and today was a special day since she had to be out in the Westside by 5, meaning she'd have to be up around 3 to get ready. And here I am.

Just as I was lying here in bed, contemplating closing my door before the rush of light from the kitchen to flood my room when she had to get her stuff together when all of a sudden it just starts POURING. I mean, it was coming DOWN, and it was LOUD. It sounded pretty rough, and I worried about Natilie and that she had to drive cross town in that stuff...and then I realized I wanted to see it pour for myself, and willed myself out of bed.

I knew it was pretty bad, for when I approached the kitchen window, there was a slight haze in the air. I thought to myself, "Wow, I'm not sure I can remember the last time I saw it coming down like this...at least when I wasn't driving!" So imagine my surprise to see all this junk fall onto my car. It's like magic coming down from the sky! Was this sleet? No, they were just little tiny bits of hail, and fortunately, it looked as though these little buggers didn't cycle through the clouds a million times to get to the size of baseballs. Instead, they came down in these cute little Dippin' Dots sized pellets that made it all cute-like looking. I called Nat from her room, and she was aware of the craziness, but told her to look out to our cars to see they look as though they've been frosted over like it happens during Winter in other parts of the world.

As Nat was leaving, I decided to go out and take pictures of all the craziness. Thankfully, the actual hail was done with, but there was a good amount of rain coming down. I bundled up as best as I [hurriedly] could, and just started snapping away without really being able to see what I was taking a picture of.

Well, I guess that was worth getting up for. Now I can ride this awake thing for a bit until I get sleepy enough to go back to bed and have nightmares. You can check out the rest of my images from LOS ANGELES STORMWATCH 2008 by clicking here.

Frozie Bit Update (5:47): There's a good amount of frozie bits still accumulated on the bottom of my windshield. Yikes, it's that cold out there!