11/18/24 Afternoon CommStock Report – The Wall Cloud

Part 1 of 3-part Series I can remember standing in the doorway to our home that leads to the basement looking to the west and seeing what was in the preceding picture approaching… A Wall Cloud. There was a different smell in the air and rumble in the distance so that all of your senses were playing into what was happening. The wind went briefly still, literally becoming the calm before the storm. It could make the hair on your neck stand on end. It gave you a sense of raw power and that it was irresistible. You hoped that it would provide needed rain but there was also the possibility that wind and hail would bring it. You knew that things would look different after the storm passed than they did before and there was some angst mixed in the emotion of what could come to be. There would be some good and some bad in the aftermath of the storm. Would the crops be watered and the trees still standing? You hoped that your insurance policies were up to date. There would still be a deductible to pay. After feeling the leading wind gusts tip my cap, I…