We drove down to Galway in mixed wintry weather. Sleet and hail, black skies, torrential rain showers. We were staying overnight because I had carpal tunnel surgery scheduled for the morning. It's a good thing we did, because several of the scheduled surgery patients didn't make it on time. Since I was there and ready early, I was slotted in at 9:30. Prep at 9:00.
In the surgical unit, I learned from the nurses that the overnight storms were vicious —howling winds, thunder that rolled on forever, and cracks of lightning—fairly rare here. I slept through it all. You can see that it was concentrated over Connemara. Although Mayo had a fair bit of wind, Galway got the brunt of the rain. Thunder and lightning, very, very frightening, they said.
Hopefully, the surgery was successful, but there's no working in the vineyard or the garden for several weeks.
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