This night time thunderstorm coming across Cunene Province, Angola from the west is several miles from the village.
Sy Aardwolf's shop is on the west end of the village, and from the windows on the west side of the office, the approaching storm can be seen.
Although the office has no glass in it's west side windows, the rest of the building extends well beyond the office in the form of both an open car port area and with a couple of indoor work areas to the sides...The office is well protected by the rest of the building from rain blowing in.
The Aardwolf Family's home is next door to the shop. Most of the house has glass windows, and the two bedrooms have solid wood shutters that can close up the windows...plus the roof has a substantial overhang.
It's past midnight and Sy, Zella and their son Hiraldo are snuggled in for the night...Daughter Deja is grown an married, and no longer living at Mom and Dad's house.


During the approach of the storm, a severe weather warning comes over a car radio that Sy has wired to a deep cycle battery in the shop near the fold-up chair...Sy left the radio playing for the night when the family went to the house. That is so the battery will discharge and can be charged from a charger in the truck in the morning.
During the broadcast, there was some radio static, as well as >crackles< and >pops< when the lightning would flash up.

The severe weather warning;
"Se você estiver em ou próximo Embunda e Namene, procurar abrigo agora. Ficar em sua casa.
Esta é uma tempestade muito perigosa.
Esta tempestade tem relâmpago graves e ventos poderoso. >crackle POP<
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A tempestade está se movendo para fora do oeste, a vinte quilômetros por hora. >static<
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Citamos novamente, Esta é uma tempestade muito perigosa. >POP POP<
Cuidado, há granizo com esta tempestade. Alguns do tamanho de bolas de golfe.
Se você estiver perto de um riacho, ou perto de um rio, há o perigo de graves inundações. >static<
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A tempestade está se movendo para fora do oeste, a vinte quilômetros por hora. >static<
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Se você estiver em ou próximo Embunda e Namene, procurar abrigo agora....." >POP<
>static<
@ What it would be translated as English;
(If you are in or near Embunda and Namene, seek shelter now. Stay in your home.
This is a very dangerous storm.
This storm has severe lightning and powerful winds.
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The storm is moving out of the west, twenty kilometers per hour.
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We quote again. This is a very dangerous storm.
Beware, there is hail with this storm. Some the size of golf balls.
If you are near a stream or near a river, there is the danger of serious flooding
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The storm is moving out of the west, twenty kilometers per hour.
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If you are in or near Embunda and Namene, seek shelter now.....)





This is the summer night of that same Saturday in January of 1992 (southern hemisphere. the seasons are opposite) that Sy and Zella Aardwolf helped Pancho Meerkat get that train ticket to Kuvango on his way to meet up with his uncle in Tanzania.