The ancient Greeks reportedly believed that weather was an indicator of how their gods were feeling. Storms indicated that Zeus, their most powerful god, was in a bad mood and had to be placated. Yesterday, Zeus apparently had a very painful bout of acid reflux:
He chilled the air, violently hurled rain, and stampeded the wind into gusts of more than 40 miles per hour. Then, in the afternoon and apparently just for the hell of it, Zeus ordered the sun to come out and charge into a dark crowd of weeping clouds to break them into pieces. That’s what you see here. (Image taken in Brooklin, Maine, on December 6, 2021.)