I love a good thunderstorm

[Zomby Woof]

Just heard a major crack of thunder here in L.A. Hoping more comes of it... after the 101 degrees of yesterday, and it not being much better today, the cathartic effect of a good storm would be welcome.

Who else appreciates the tympani sounds of a good thunderstorm? :D

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Me, too. ZW. We've had a couple of real downpours here

the last couple of days and I revel in it. I love the flash and the sound of the thunder, (especially if not accompanied by a bad weather warning)

:hi:

[Zomby Woof]

4. When I was a kid...

I was impatient for them to end because I liked playing outside afterwards... frogs were hopping everywhere for me to catch, and the air just had that crisp clean freshness to it... It's one those things you learn to appreciate with age I guess. :hi:

[SOteric]

2. Me.

And most of the gentleman friends I've had over the years have learned to love them too. They put me in a romantic mood. :7

[Zomby Woof]

6. Hmm!

I think you're going to need a clean cloth to wipe the steam off of your monitor. :P

[yewberry]

3. One of the things I miss most about New England!

I admit, I love the crazy, window-rattling storms that we just don't ever get here.

You know how it is--the weather here is just :boring:

[sarge43]

12. Especially the sound bouncing back and forth between the mountains n/t

:thumbsup:

[grannylib]

5. Me! Me! I love a good midwestern thunderboomer...as long as there is

no tornado threat with it. THOSE scare me.
But a good downpour with lots of flashing and thunder...just love it.

[catmandu57]

7. When I was younger, back in the seventies

I worked 3-11, after my shift if there was a storm brewing, I'd drive out into the Missouri River bottoms with a six pack of beer and a bag of smoke.
I'd sit there in the dark, crank up the stereo, load my bowl and watch nature's pyrotechnics, flash and rumble, it was great.

[GOPisEvil]

8. I love to hear them, smell the rain and see the approaching clouds.

A good thunderstorm can be appreciated by many senses. :)

Too bad we haven't had one around here in a LONG time. x(

[Rising Phoenix]

9. as do I...

makes me feel really alive.... if you know what I mean....

[u4ic]

10. What I wouldn't give for a thunderstorm!

Remind me where I live again? It's north-central Alberta and 95 friggin degrees. x(

[jus_the_facts]

11. HELL YES....

.....AND...I've got the perfect tune goin' to go with one...as I type....Mule's version of Effigy. :headbang:

[Bullwinkle925]

13. I miss hearing them. As a former Kansan, I miss the drama of a

terrifically good T-Storm - plus the warm, earthy smell afterwards.

Ahhhhhh!

[cobalt1999]

14. absolutely...

It may sound strange but I also really enjoy tropical storms and even Category 1 hurricanes. They are small enough not to be too dangerous but big enough to go on for hours and hours. I really enjoy a good storm.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

22. Ask me about Katrina when it went over my boat as a Cat-1

in the Florida Keys and ripped off all the biminis and broke my dive platform. We don't normally stay on the boat even for a Cat-1, but Katrina wasn't supposed to come through the Keys, so long about midnight it woke us up with the most ungodly screeching and howling and banging, and that lasted ALL NIGHT! I can enjoy a good tropical storm when I'm in a house, but it just isn't fun at all on a boat! :)

[cobalt1999]

23. wow, a hurricane on a boat!

That had to of been an experience. That crosses the line between entertainment and fear.

I stayed on a sailboat during a tropical storm once. The constant worry about dragging anchor and worrying about other boats in the vicinity, plus having a 60+ foot metal pole in the air with lightning about, well, it wore me out. I slept like 12 hours afterward.

Glad you made it.

[Kajsa]

15. I love it, too.

We had a few lightening strikes last night in OC.

I really hope we get a rain storm, the sun's out but the thunderheads
are surrounding the area. It would help cool things off.

It's too hot and humid, right now.

[NewWaveChick1981]

16. I do.

The lightning and thunder and wind.... And I love the smell of rain when it's warm out. :)

[huskerlaw]

17. What thunderstorm??

All we had was 10 drops of rain.

No...seriously. TEN DROPS. I counted...and then I screamed "flash flood warning!!!"...and then it was over.

:shrug:

[XemaSab]

18. Welcome to California!

:hi:

[Zomby Woof]

19. Depends on where you are

We're in the South Bay... so we had a bit more.

It wasn't very big, but bigger than what you got up north in Hollyweird. Weather systems can be very localized around here.

[catzies]

24. LOL! We had 10 drops here too. "Storm Watch in the Southland!"

You're a Californian now, like totally fer sure! :hi:

[wildhorses]

20. love 'em....had some really GOOD ones here this week

I was a little too tall
Couldve used a few pounds
Tight pants points hardly reknown
She was a black-haired beauty with big dark eyes
And points all her own sitting way up high
Way up firm and high

Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy
Out in the back seat of my 60 chevy
Workin on mysteries without any clues
Workin on our night moves
Tryin to make some front page drive-in news
Workin on our night moves
In the summertime
In the sweet summertime

We werent in love, oh no, far from it
We werent searchin for some pie in the sky summit
We were just young and restless and bored
Livin by the sword
And wed steal away every chance we could
To the backroom, to the alley or the trusty woods
I used her, she used me
But neither one cared
We were gettin our share
Workin on our night moves
Tryin to lose the awkward teenage blues
Workin on our night moves
And it was summertime

And oh the wonder
We felt the lightning
And we waited on the thunder
Waited on the thunder

I awoke last night to the sound of thunder
How far off I sat and wondered
Started humming a song from 1962
Aint it funny how the night moves
When you just dont seem to have as much to lose
Strange how the night moves
With autumn closing in

[Redstone]

21. Yes. Porches with screens on three sides are good vantage points.

Redstone