The plunk, plunk, plunking on my window a/c woke me up at 4:30 this morning. It has to rain pretty hard for it to make that sound since my side of the house is fairly shielded.
Then there was the heart-stopping kaboom. The walls shook a little for emphasis. After my heart stopped, it resumed beating a bit more vigorously. I was really awake then.
Another flash lit up my room and then another. I counted: one one-thousand, two one-thousand, three one-thousand, four one-thousand, five one-thousand, six one-thousand. The rumbling swelled in volume and then dissipated.
With another bright flash, kaboom, I got out of bed to make sure the power strip to my computer was unplugged.
The lightning was so frequent and close, I mused that it was perfect for trying to take a lightning photograph. If only this house had a decent view of sky from its windows. I thought about what settings I might use and what kind of digital camera might be up to the challenge since sleep just wasn't possible.
The thunderstorm lasted for an hour, nearly all of it within a mile. Kept my blood pumping pretty good.
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Only you would be thinking of taking photos rather than hiding under the sheets.
ReplyDeleteFunny - We had no storms here, and the weather is absolutely gorgeous, coolish and sunny.
ReplyDeleteNeil: ha! You're probably right. :)
ReplyDeleteElisabeth: The storms are past us now, so the weather is just like yours today.