Summer Storm

I made a quick little drive out to the Delta, starting out in the Scott area. I passed by a few old abandoned buildings that I've taken pictures of, just to see how they were doing (and to make sure they're still there). It was bright and sunny, which isn't always the best conditions for photography, even with the infrared camera.



In the town of England, I stopped at this lake and got a few pictures. It was hot, and with a humidity that would fog up the camera lens whenever it left the comfort of the air conditioned car.







Also in England is this old Victorian house, which appears to be abandoned.







There was a large thunderstorm in the distance, so I hurried towards it. Hopefully I would be able to find an old building or something that might look cool with the looming storm overhead.



Luckily the photography gods listened to my prayers and I saw this old farm building, complete with a rusted metal roof.



The storm kicked up a heavy wind, which seemed to decrease the outside temperature by at least 20 degrees. The soybean fields were dancing and moving in the gusts of wind.





And the rusty metal on the roof of the old building was creaking in the wind, making a sound like what TV shows use when a door opens in a haunted house.



Luckily the winds seemed to have also blown away any mosquitoes.





I was near the small town of Tucker, so I hurried over to the small collections of buildings that were once part of the old Tucker plantation. The plantation was established in 1871, and mostly grew cotton. In 1916, the state of Arkansas bought the plantation lands and converted it into a prison complex. But a few remnants of the Tucker plantation still remain, like this old building that served as the plantation office, general store and post office. It was built in 1913, but it's almost all gone. The facade still stands, along with a few sections of the walls.





It had rained here during the storm, which meant that the humidity was cranked up to about 200%. I got one last picture of the old safe that still sits in the back of the Tucker building, before retreating to the car's air conditioning.