that... sure does match!

We had a hell of a storm a few nights ago, one that woke up everyone, canine and human, and that featured three very close together lightening strikes that produced the most spectacular (auditacular?) thunder I've ever experienced. I actually, while half-asleep, plugged my ears on the last one. I may have smelled the chemicals, because I was convinced that something was burning. And the rain didn't slow down at all when the lightening was striking, which is different from all the other thunderstorms I've ever paid attention to.

The lightening was actually what woke me up - after a week of having the windows open overnight while trains go by - and having their nearly continuous whistle bounce off the parallel buildings and straight into our brains - we could sleep through any number of catastropic but completely dark events. Being woken up by lightening - and trying to figure out why the house was shaking - is not really the way to go.

Some thunderstorms are like rock concerts - a little overwhelming but fun overall. This one felt more like a home invasion.