Quite a storm yesterday afternoon. We had no damage, but were roughly in the center of a triangle of reported twisters – including a confirmed tornado that touched down across Lake Houston in Kingwood.
Apart from about an inch of badly-needed rain, the most significant event here at the Boggy Thicket was the appearance of something I can only describe as mud domes. They grew at several spots in the yard near the edges of pools of standing water.
They looked like mounds of whipped cream. The smaller ones were perfect little foam igloos a couple inches high by about three inches in diameter, but there was one in the back yard and another in the front that grew to be about eight inches tall. The big ones looked like someone was trying to build a crawfish chimney out of bubble-bath.
Not sure what caused them. Apparently, water soaking into the lawn was displacing gas (air?) in the soil.
Never seen anything quite like them before, and I should have got a picture. I would have had to wade out in the flooded yard in the rain, but it might have been worth it – I’ve never seen their like before, and I’m afraid I may never see them again.
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