I posted this thread last night.
Holy Jeebus!
I went outside with my digital camera thinking in the last light of the day I could get a good pic or two. This is what I saw.
Nice rotation in the clouds there. Diggin it.
About this time the wind starts picking up and I think it best to head inside, grab cats and shove them in their kennel. That done, dogs already in their kennel, the husband and I head for the tub to wait this out.
It is at this point that I hear what sounds like thunder, but the husband says sounded like a breaking sound mixed in with the winds.
Power goes out.
I step out of the bathroom carefully to look around and see what's going on outside.
Needless to say, with the wind still blowing hard enough to make me move against my will, I headed back inside to wait it out. Freaky shit.