Friday, July 11, 2003

How on earth do thunderstorms bring to mind terrorism? I have to say that last night I wondered if the thunder exploding over my building wasn’t actually bombs.

I was rudely awakened a little before midnight to the flash and crash of the most intense lightning and thunder I’ve ever seen. I love thunderstorms normally, I’ve never really been afraid of them. But last night I moved from my bedroom (which has two outer walls that are mostly windows) to the living room to wait it out. I went back to bed a little before 1am, it was still storming but not as intensely. Annie was completely freaked out and stayed right next to me the whole time.

There were huge bolts of lightning crashing all around and the immediate rumbles and crashes of thunder. It sounded like bombs exploding, it wasn’t like normal thunder. And before I got out of bed to investigate, I had a brief thought that it might be what a terrorist bombing might sound like. It was a little scary.