I received an email this morning with the following pictures, apparently from the recent storms in Alberta. I have not verified the authenticity but even if they are not from last week's storms, the pictures are still amazing and worth sharing.

I have always been amazed at the awesome power of nature. My mother was terrified of thunderstorms, but my father was determined that I didn't pick that up from her, so as a young child, we would always make an 'event' out of a storm. Because of that, storms always provoke an excited anticipation with me. I have seen some absolutely amazing storms, espeically one in Utah and another in Mexico that will stay with me forever.

I missed a tornado in Tennessee by about 7 hours once. Much to my disappointment, but the friend I was travelling with was the opposite and very thankful that we had not caught up to it. However, if I have anything to do with it, I will experience one at some point in my life.