Storms in Lusaka

On this last day of February - Leap Day, I decided to change my header photo, to reflect our current location in Zambia.

The weather has been very mixed since arriving two weeks ago and besides some blazing sunsets we've also had some monstrous storms.


This was the sky as I hurried away from the shopping centre on Wednesday:

Thankfully I was heading into blue skies:

At lunchtime today the thunder and lightning started again, sending a deluge of rain, which continued for about 30 minutes:

Although the sun hasn't returned, there is now no sign of the pool of water on the grass, but it is littered with twigs and there's a loose cable running off the roof and across the lawn.

Hmm, I wonder what that was for?