A storms' a comin!

So, its mid-summer in Kolkata. And all this heat and humidity has to go somewhere, and it goes up and out. And then down. Standing on our rooftop, I took some pictures of a building storm. Only some are in order (blogspot is unnaturally complicated in that regard) , but all of these were taken within about one hour. Some huge clouds to the north-west, about 3/4 through the building stage.
This was the south-west at the very beginning.
And the south-west after about 15 minutes.
And the after another 10 minutes.
And after another 15 minutes!! Crazy!
The northwest at the beginning.














The whole time I was on the roof taking these pictures, there was the distant rumble of thunder, and a heaviness in the air hinting at the rain to come. Hopefully we'll get some of natures air conditioning to cool things off here on the sub-continent. And besides, when it rains all the plants around our apartment grow a little, and some bloom. Maybe a little rain isn't such a bad thing after all.

Josh