I just heard LIGHTNING!

[Nevernose]

I haven't heard lightening in several years (a search of the archives will confirm this, I'm sure, because I posted nearly the same thread then). It's rained a 1/4 inch here and a 1/4 there, of course, but certainly no lightening. We're only supposed to get two inches a year in a regular year ... and we're in a drought.

Most people think of rain as an annoyance. Some (farmers) think of it as a commodity. But you know people above the Arctic Circle? They wear that light-thing on their head so the drastic change in seasons doesn't affect them? That's how I feel. My daughter, who is entering middle-school, has never seen a real thunderstorm. No concept of what pattering rain sounds like, or firing up the hurricane-lanterns because the power's out.

In the immortal(paraphrased) words of Jimmy Hendrix: 'Scuse me, while I step outside.

Okay, technically I heard the sound PRODUCED by lightning, which is called "thunder." It's been a while, though.

[some guy]

1. huh.

I don't think I've ever heard lightning. Are you sure you didn't hear thunder? It has apparently been a long time...

:P

I hope you get rain, whatever you heard. :pals:

[Nevernose]

4. The record for "no measurable rain" is actually tomorrow.

There's water dripping down the windows and everything... I am SO happy!

[MonkeyFunk]

2. probably not

I bet ya heard thunder :P

[Nevernose]

5. I'm not familiar w/ you technical terminology

I'm not familiar w/ you technical terminology, but if the word "thunder" makes you happy, then I'll go with that. :) See how long it's been?

[yewberry]

3. Gee, where do you live?

I know that I miss lightning and thunder here in Seattle. Summer storms are the best!

We do get plenty of rain here, though. :)

[Nevernose]

6. Seattle is on my "top five places to move to" list

After NY, Chicago, Maine, and Arkansas. I've never actually been to Seattle, but they tell me it's rainy there, which at this point I is a plus (I live in Vegas).

[yewberry]

7. Oh, yeah, we do have rain here.

Unfortunately, we don't get much in the way of actual storms--just lots of gray days and drizzle.

I miss real storms!

[jus_the_facts]

8. I have actually had a discussion with a friend = moran....

....that it didn't take lightening to make thunder...SIGH. :eyes:

[ghostsofgiants]

9. Technically he's right...

It takes lightning, not lightening. :P

[jus_the_facts]

10. Oh YOU....

:spank:

:hi: how's it hangin'?! :D

[ghostsofgiants]

11. I should probalby go to bed soon...

But meh, that'll happen when it happens, haha. I'm trying to enjoy the ability to stay up past 4am for one last week before I start my new job.

[jus_the_facts]

12. Yeah...fuck sleep...

...I've had a bottle of champagne...now I'm workin' on a few brews...went to jury duty today and got let go before noon..."...celebrate good times...C'MON!" :7

[Bullwinkle925]

13. i miss good old-fashioned thunderstorms . . .

darn it - one of the negatives of living in the Bay Area - they happen occasionally (read very RARELY) but never seem to be as good as the ones i remember from my midwest childhood.