In Denver, thunderstorms develop in response to afternoon heating. It takes afternoon heating and there has to be some moisture from somewhere. If there is a flow up from the south,
It was quiet when we went to bed, but the storm blew up during the night. Our patio awning was retracted out of harms way, but the big picnic table umbrella was still out. By morning, the umbrella had been turned inside out. The wind on it had enough leverage to tip the cement table over too. I don’t know how much that table weighs, but we had to recruit help to stand it back up.
A little rain, but mostly wind. It was enough to keep Annie awake and shivering for about four hours though. The wind, and Annie, were both quiet by the time we got up in the morning. Annie had to sleep all day today to get ready for more storms tonight.
It’s funny, I describe our RV Park as being empty because all the residents are gone, but there is more to it than that. There are lots of owners that are not winter residents. There are a bunch of summer owners. They’re more of a weekend crew. Some drive their campers back and forth. Some bring their campers down and leave them here all summer, using them on weekends or week-long vacations whenever they can. Their beach cottages. It’s just different; winter owners to summer owners. A different part of the cycle.
