Thunderclouds in Hammond
Hammond, Louisiana sits in the middle of South East Louisiana in beautiful farm country. The terrain is not so exquisite as some place I’ve visited before like here or here, or here. The recreation opportunities don’t look like this.
But sometimes the awesomeness of the sky makes up for it. Summer time in South East Louisiana means thunderstorms. It means huge cumulus clouds towering up into the sky in a riot of white puffiness and awesome light.
Here in the flat bottom land of the Mississippi River, it’s as if God created a canvas of open sky to create dazzle us from time to time.
One of my professors at film school used to have a quote on her emails that said “I don’t know how clouds are formed, but clouds know how to do it, and that’s the important part.” Point in fact she did know how clouds are formed, as should any fifth grader, (You listening Jeff Foxworthy?) as do I. Looking up at these marvelous wonders the science is insignificant compared to the spectacle.
