Red Glob Approaching ~ UPDATED

I'm doing a quick update early. One look at this photo might give you hint as to why.
We are about a half inch to the right of that big red glob.
So far the weatherman is saying it will be a severe thunder storm with possible damaging winds.
I'm not taking any chances on not having power later tonight.
So, if the lights are on this evening, I'll post an all clear. If you don't hear from me, just know that my lights are probably somewhere in Georgia and I'm sitting here in the dark again.
For the folks north and south of us, keep an eye on the sky and hunker down if it comes at you.
Y'all take care.



UPDATE:  I posted the first entry around 4 p.m., and a few minutes later Jilda called to say her classes had been cancelled at work, and she'd be heading home.
I was apprehensive about her driving in the storm, but she was still reeling from a few weeks ago when she got trapped near her job for hours by downed trees and power lines.  So today she decided to make a mad dash home.
I stood on the back deck watching the sky and listening. The constant roll of thunder sounded as if I were in the basement of a bowling alley.
One moment there was a warm wind on my face, the next moment, air as cool as a Popsicle lashed my face from the other direction.
Off in the distance I heard high-level winds bearing down. The chimes on the deck and the side porch clanged and jangled. The tops of the pine trees gyrated, but they held firm.
Just then I heard Jilda's car door slam and the clicking of her heels on the front walk. She'd barely made it inside when horizontal rain lashed at the plants on the deck and I got wet before I ducked back inside.
We turned on the weatherman to watch for warnings. The lights blinked a few times, but stayed on. After about 10 minutes, the wind raced off to the east, leaving behind a gentle soaking rain. We'd dodged a bullet. Can you spell G R A T E F U L? We were.