Holy Crap - we have thunderstorm looking clouds today

[KitchenWitch]

But no thunderstorm.

x(

[IndianaJones]

1. Close Encounters. nt.

[huskerlaw]

2. Wait until Friday

I hear there's a slight chance!

Of course, I'll believe it when I see/hear it. x(

[skygazer]

3. Chance of rain up this way

And possible snow in the Sierras! I hope it does rain - we need it and I love rainy days. But I miss the thunderstorms - when I first moved out here, there was a thunderstorm one night. I lived on top of a mountain and I watched it for hours - it was cool.

The next day, there was a front-page article in the paper about it. Where I come from, earthquakes make the front page and thunderstorms don't even merit a mention unless they kill someone. Here, unless the earthquake is bigger than about a 5.6, it's buried in the back but a t-storm is front-page news. :rofl:

It's a silly place but I like it. :D

[KitchenWitch]

4. It actually drizzled a bit when I dropped my daughter off at school

I was dancing in it.

[Gormy Cuss]

6. I've only experienced one T-storm out here.

You're absolutely right about the media reaction :rofl:

It made me realize that the scent in the air after a good summer downpour is something I miss.

[CatholicEdHead]

5. There was a good 2in yesterday here

:P

[XemaSab]

7. We're supposed to be getting a storm ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE today

Snow on Lassen even! :o

Snow down to 6,000 feet in socal too.

(oh, and since you're one a them illegals, this is FREAKISH for this time of year.)

[texas1928]

8. I used to laugh at the Californians and their idea of a severe storm.

Pee size hail and a couple of claps of thunder, that I was not really sure were thunder.

[KitchenWitch]

9. I seriously miss the midwestern thunderstorm

The smells, the sounds, the amazing light shows.

[texas1928]

10. One day I went to work...

And they all were talking about the severe storm that hit the night before in El Cajon. They were asking me if I heard the thunder.
I lokked at them and asked "It thundered?" One of them was like "OH MAN it was so loud and it did it three times. I could not sleep the rest of the night." I started laughing, he got mad. I told him unless it sounds like a bomb just went off outside the house, and continues to bang around, it does not bother me. Three claps of thunder won't even budge me from a mild sleep. They could not believe I was not bothered by the thunder.

[huskerlaw]

11. I do too.

My mom actually calls me when they get a good one so that I can hear the thunder. Sigh.

Meanwhile, I have heard TWO claps of thunder since I moved here nearly 2 years ago. And both times, they were over before I realized what the sound was. x(

They were also pathetic-ass thunder claps. Nothing like the low rumbling house-shakers that we get in Nebraska. Though I have a feeling if that happened here, everyone would mistake it for an earthquake! :D

[texas1928]

13. I missed the storms when we were in San Diego.

I missed the seasons too.

[Left Is Write]

12. You know there's no thunderstorm like a Minnesota thunderstorm.