Archive for July 23rd, 2006
The goal was to spend a couple of leisurely hours browsing the large arts & crafts show at the Canal Festival. The sky darkened and the funnel cloud (pictured in the previous post) appeared as I was crossing over the Erie Canal on my way to the North Tonawanda segment of the festival. The streets emptied quickly as I ducked in to a booth just past the bridge.
The timing was good, the clouds let loose with a soaking downpour.
After the rain let up, my friends and I ventured out and wandered through quite a bit of the arts & crafts show encountering varying degrees of rain. After about 20 minutes, the sky let loose with another volley and we had to find cover in the doorway of a business. From there I had the opportunity to get a couple of shots showing how amazing the clouds looked.
My friends were hungry and ran to Nestor’s for a bite to eat. I remained in my dry spot and enjoyed the rain, thunder and lightning. I wandered out when the rain let up, looking for something interesting to shoot. Hanging bottles were about all I came up with before even more rain began to fall.
There’s always next year.
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Normally one enjoys funnel cakes at the Canal Festival. I’m used to unexpected storms, thunder and mucho lightning this summer. Today, as I was crossing the bridge over the canal, I had a new surprise. Up in the sky, a funnel cloud was forming. The rain was just starting to fall and I was torn between keeping my camera dry or taking it out of my camera bag and getting some photos. I was disappointed that the funnel cloud didn’t develop more fully, I wanted a really impressive shot. The funnel cloud was visible for about 1 minute, growing and shrinking constantly before it finally dissolved. Click the picture to view a large version for a good look at the funnel cloud
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Below is a slideshow of more pictures from yesterday’s Restore Buffalo/Classic Car Show at the Buffalo Central Terminal. To see all my pictures from yesterday’s event click here. To seel all pictures I’ve taken at the Central Terminal click here.
