Bluster and booms gives night frights, but no puddles

This line of storms came rushing toward us tonight, but as of yet it was all bark and no bite.

Cotton ball clouds warn of storm

These cotton-ball clouds seemed to be the advanced scouts for thunderstorm that mostly went just north of us in April.

Exterior decorating -- sky styling

Sundown was very complicated last night. The golden last rays of sunshine were glittering in one corner of the sky.  A massive rain cloud covered the opposite side. Covering the entire sky between the two was a lightly rose-brushed blanket of clouds.

Clouds climb is futile

Billowing clouds punch futilely up into the sky, because the sun has spent his fury for the day.  It did make a nice closing act at the end of the day.

Flying home -- neither wind, nor rain, nor...

I was surprised to see a plane flying below the clouds yesterday when a storm was broadsiding Beaumont.  The storm blasted passed with winds whipping the trees and the clouds swirling one way, then the next.  However, there the high flyer was.  We are driven by schedules and time tables.   Nature has to push harder than this to hinder our plans.

Light-eating storm descends

This was a few days ago when a line of heavy showers was powering down on downtown Beaumont, just as I was heading out for lunch. The buildings are so bright because the sun was still shining behind me.  However, it took me a few seconds to get my camera ready for the shot.  In that time, I lost the real brightness of the scene.
--steve buser

Storms, Texas, Beaumont

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