Something wicked this way comes

I've gotten two emails with these photos in it this week, and they both state the shots were all taken during a week of horrible weather in Red Deer, Alberta, last week. (Honestly, given the vast disparity between the storm eyes, I think they're smoking crack.)

Wherever the hell they're taken, they're mind-boggling.

No matter what we accomplish, nature will always, always kick our sorry little asses.

(These are all clickable for larger-format images in Flickr.com. How could I deprive you? They're 800x600 there.)

and you wonder why i live by the mountains and ocean.