In The Good Ol' Summertime
It's important to remember that we live inside a weather engine here on the Gulf Coast of the Florida Panhandle. Thunderstorms don't all migrate from over the horizon, announcing their arrival time on RADAR. A thunderstorm can brew up right over our head, or right behind us, and we can be in it before we hear the rumble of thunder.
Several years ago, the operator of one of our bareboat charter boats got "blind-sided" by a fast moving summer storm — while under full sail. Nobody was hurt, but every person who was aboard that boat has a lot more respect for the weather than they did prior to that incident! It could have been tragic.
The lazy, hazy days of summer can get exciting in a hurry... And then, there's that beautiful sunset.
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