Stormy Weather

The clouds look like they could produce rain. Did the weatherman say it would rain? The barometric pressure reminds me of Del Rio on those summer afternoons before evening tornados. I remember that we'd be playing outside and suddenly it would feel weird like the sky was getting ready to smash you down. The sun would be out, sometimes not a cloud in the sky but it felt weird. Things would begin to get still, you'd notice a dark cloud you swear wasn't there five minutes ago. By evening we'd be in the bathtub with the radio on. You go through this a few times in your childhood and you never lose that sensitivity to the barometric pressure.

My chickens refuse to stay out of their coop. I guess that storm in Dallas is heading our way soon. They are really sensitive to barometric pressure so I watch them. It's going to be a big storm if they don't want to stay out of their coop right now. Tornadoes and hail I am sure. I hope lots of rain. Now I need to go back outside and start putting things up.