Storm in New Brunswick

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I decided to post to weather_pics some storm photos I took on our trip. They brought back one unpleasant memory.

On August 22 while driving homeward through Northeastern New Brunswick, we passed through a violent thunderstorm. While the girls used the restroom at a service station, I shot some photos of the clouds. They were very tornado-like, and made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. But I love a good storm, and that wasn't the unpleasant part.

It had barely started to rain when the girls got back, so we set out again. Suddenly the downpour came, the heaviest rain I had seen in years. I slowed down, but not enough. Next thing I knew, the car was hydro-planing on a four-lane highway. All I could think was, "I have my kids in the car."The landscape was mountainous, and the highway wound like a snake, but fortunately I had a straight stretch ahead of me and managed to ride it out until I got control back. I pulled off then and waited out the storm.