Saturday, 3 July 2021: our temperature is PLUS 23C (feels like 25C) just before 3:00 pm. We are again under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch today. Risk of potentially strong thunderstorms for tonight. Sunny. Sunrise is at 5:27 am, and sunset is at 9:53 pm. The good news is that our heatwave has broken, thank goodness, at least for now.

From the Weather Network: thunderstorm over Calgary on 2 July 2021.
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Today, 3 July 2021, we are under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch. The five photos posted this afternoon were taken yesterday, when we were under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch or Warning. These clouds were starting to develop when I was on the edge of the city. I couldn't take one more minute of being inside my unbearably hot home (stuck for a few days at 30C indoors, with no air-conditioning) and decided to make just a short drive west of the city, just to be able to be in my car's air-conditioning for two or three hours. Little did I know that I was going to be caught in a major storm, with large hail and torrential rain pounding my car, lightning, a few thunder rolls, and practically no visibility on the backroads and main highway! Of course, there was nowhere to take shelter, so I reckoned the only thing I could do was to try and make it back home, slowly, and following the faint, flashing hazard lights of the car in front of me on the highway. A few areas had flash flooding, that, because of the very low visibility, you couldn't see them until you were going through them. Quite scary!

Once I got back into the city, the storm seemed to be less severe than out west. That is, until I was just a few streets away from home. The roads were green, covered in leaves that had been ripped from their branches, so I could tell that something pretty major had happened. It was still raining as I pulled into my parking lot, so I rushed indoors. I did notice that there was a large pool of water outside, below my kitchen windows. Because of the last three months of repair work on my building, all the guttering has been removed. I didn't stop to look at the covering on the outside walls, as I didn't yet know how bad the storm had been in the city. However, I read online about the windows that had been smashed and all the holes that are now in people's siding. Fortunately (?), my building has no siding on it yet, as the pandemic has created delays in the arrival of certain supplies. If brand new siding had just been installed, I am sure it would have been badly damaged, as my home has no shelter on three sides. No doubt there are many buildings in the city that suffered a lot of damage. I haven't yet been outside today to see if my car or home have hail damage.

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Saturday, 3 July 2021: our temperature is PLUS 23C (feels like 25C) just before 3:00 pm. We are again under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch today. Risk of potentially strong thunderstorms for tonight. Sunny. Sunrise is at 5:27 am, and sunset is at 9:53 pm.

Today, 3 July 2021, we are under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch. The five photos posted this afternoon were taken yesterday, when we were under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch or Warning. These clouds were starting to develop when I was on the edge of the city. I couldn't take one more minute of being inside my unbearably hot home (stuck for a few days at 30C indoors, with no air-conditioning) and decided to make a short drive west of the city, just to be able to be in my car's air-conditioning for two or three hours. Little did I know that I was going to be caught in a major storm, with large hail and torrential rain pounding my car, lightning, a few thunder rolls, and practically no visibility on the backroads and main highway! Of course, there was nowhere to take shelter, so I reckoned the only thing I could do was to try and make it back home, slowly, and following the faint, flashing hazard lights of the car in front of me on the highway. A few areas had flash flooding, that, because of the very low visibility, you couldn't see them until you were going through them. Quite scary!

Once I got back into the city, the storm seemed to be less severe than out west. That is, until I was just a few streets away from home. The roads were green, covered in leaves that had been ripped from their branches, so I could tell that something pretty major had happened. It was still raining as I pulled into my parking lot, so I rushed indoors. I did notice that there was a large pool of water outside, below my kitchen windows. Because of the last three months of repair work on my building, all the guttering has been removed. I didn't stop to look at the covering on the outside walls, as I didn't yet know how bad the storm had been in the city. However, I read online about the windows that had been smashed and all the holes that are now in the siding. Fortunately (?), my building has no siding on it yet, as the pandemic has created delays in the arrival of certain supplies. If brand new siding had just been installed, I am sure it would have been badly damaged, as my home has no shelter on three sides. No doubt there are many buildings in the city that suffered a lot of damage. I haven't yet been outside today to see if my car or home have hail damage.

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Saturday, 3 July 2021: our temperature is PLUS 23C (feels like 25C) just before 3:00 pm. We are again under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch today. Risk of potentially strong thunderstorms for tonight. Sunny. Sunrise is at 5:27 am, and sunset is at 9:53 pm.

Today, 3 July 2021, we are under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch. The five photos posted this afternoon were taken yesterday, when we were under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch or Warning. These clouds were starting to develop when I was on the edge of the city. I couldn't take one more minute of being inside my unbearably hot home (stuck for a few days at 30C indoors, with no air-conditioning) and decided to make a short drive west of the city, just to be able to be in my car's air-conditioning for two or three hours. Little did I know that I was going to be caught in a major storm, with large hail and torrential rain pounding my car, lightning, a few thunder rolls, and practically no visibility on the backroads and main highway! Of course, there was nowhere to take shelter, so I reckoned the only thing I could do was to try and make it back home, slowly, and following the faint, flashing hazard lights of the car in front of me on the highway. A few areas had flash flooding, that, because of the very low visibility, you couldn't see them until you were going through them. Quite scary!

Once I got back into the city, the storm seemed to be less severe than out west. That is, until I was just a few streets away from home. The roads were green, covered in leaves that had been ripped from their branches, so I could tell that something pretty major had happened. It was still raining as I pulled into my parking lot, so I rushed indoors. I did notice that there was a large pool of water outside, below my kitchen windows. Because of the last three months of repair work on my building, all the guttering has been removed. I didn't stop to look at the covering on the outside walls, as I didn't yet know how bad the storm had been in the city. However, I read online about the windows that had been smashed and all the holes that are now in the siding. Fortunately (?), my building has no siding on it yet, as the pandemic has created delays in the arrival of certain supplies. If brand new siding had just been installed, I am sure it would have been badly damaged, as my home has no shelter on three sides. No doubt there are many buildings in the city that suffered a lot of damage. I haven't yet been outside today to see if my car or home have hail damage.

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Saturday, 3 July 2021: our temperature is PLUS 23C (feels like 25C) just before 3:00 pm. We are again under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch today. Risk of potentially strong thunderstorms for tonight. Sunny. Sunrise is at 5:27 am, and sunset is at 9:53 pm. The good news is that our heatwave has broken, thank goodness, at least for now.

Today, 3 July 2021, we are under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch. The five photos posted this afternoon were taken yesterday, when we were under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch or Warning. These clouds were starting to develop when I was on the edge of the city. I couldn't take one more minute of being inside my unbearably hot home (stuck for a few days at 30C indoors, with no air-conditioning) and decided to make a short drive west of the city, just to be able to be in my car's air-conditioning for two or three hours. Little did I know that I was going to be caught in a major storm, with large hail and torrential rain pounding my car, lightning, a few thunder rolls, and practically no visibility on the backroads and main highway! Of course, there was nowhere to take shelter, so I reckoned the only thing I could do was to try and make it back home, slowly, and following the faint, flashing hazard lights of the car in front of me on the highway. A few areas had flash flooding, that, because of the very low visibility, you couldn't see them until you were going through them. Quite scary!

Once I got back into the city, the storm seemed to be less severe than out west. That is, until I was just a few streets away from home. The roads were green, covered in leaves that had been ripped from their branches, so I could tell that something pretty major had happened. It was still raining as I pulled into my parking lot, so I rushed indoors. I did notice that there was a large pool of water outside, below my kitchen windows. Because of the last three months of repair work on my building, all the guttering has been removed. I didn't stop to look at the covering on the outside walls, as I didn't yet know how bad the storm had been in the city. However, I read online about the windows that had been smashed and all the holes that are now in the siding. Fortunately (?), my building has no siding on it yet, as the pandemic has created delays in the arrival of certain supplies. If brand new siding had just been installed, I am sure it would have been badly damaged, as my home has no shelter on three sides. No doubt there are many buildings in the city that suffered a lot of damage. I haven't yet been outside today to see if my car or home have hail damage.

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Saturday, 3 July 2021: our temperature is PLUS 23C (feels like 25C) just before 3:00 pm. We are again under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch today. Risk of potentially strong thunderstorms for tonight. Sunny. Sunrise is at 5:27 am, and sunset is at 9:53 pm. The good news is that our heatwave has broken, thank goodness, at least for now.

Today, 3 July 2021, we are under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch. The five photos posted this afternoon were taken yesterday, when we were under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch or Warning. These clouds were starting to develop when I was on the edge of the city. I couldn't take one more minute of being inside my unbearably hot home (stuck for a few days at 30C indoors, with no air-conditioning) and decided to make a short drive west of the city, just to be able to be in my car's air-conditioning for two or three hours. Little did I know that I was going to be caught in a major storm, with large hail and torrential rain pounding my car, lightning, a few thunder rolls, and practically no visibility on the backroads and main highway! Of course, there was nowhere to take shelter, so I reckoned the only thing I could do was to try and make it back home, slowly, and following the faint, flashing hazard lights of the car in front of me on the highway. A few areas had flash flooding, that, because of the very low visibility, you couldn't see them until you were going through them. Quite scary!

Once I got back into the city, the storm seemed to be less severe than out west. That is, until I was just a few streets away from home. The roads were green, covered in leaves that had been ripped from their branches, so I could tell that something pretty major had happened. It was still raining as I pulled into my parking lot, so I rushed indoors. I did notice that there was a large pool of water outside, below my kitchen windows. Because of the last three months of repair work on my building, all the guttering has been removed. I didn't stop to look at the covering on the outside walls, as I didn't yet know how bad the storm had been in the city. However, I read online about the windows that had been smashed and all the holes that are now in the siding. Fortunately (?), my building has no siding on it yet, as the pandemic has created delays in the arrival of certain supplies. If brand new siding had just been installed, I am sure it would have been badly damaged, as my home has no shelter on three sides. No doubt there are many buildings in the city that suffered a lot of damage. I haven't yet been outside today to see if my car or home have hail damage.

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