Ka-boom, ker-splash!

[furtech]

For the first time in a while we got a spectacular period of thunderstorms that have lasted, on and off, since last night. I heard thunder that I've never encountered before: weird, ripping sound that went on and on for 10-15 seconds at a time. There was no real crescendo or variance in the noise-- just a long ripping sound. Could possibly have been echoes in the canyons. And this morning we got (in addition to a power outage) half-inch hail. This was the biggest hail I've ever seen: I heard it ping-pinging on the wrought-iron fence. Frieda-- never really frightened by lightning or vacuum cleaners-- has been blissfully sleeping through it all outside.

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[wyoon.livejournal.com]

Living on the east coast, I'm used to it but it never really gets old. The addition to echoing in the canyons would be a nice change if there was any.

[furtech.livejournal.com]

I love thunderstorms too...less so when it blows the power in the middle of a long download, but still invigorating. We get so few of them that I'm no expert on thunder-sounds: this was just weird the way the sharp sound went on and on, yet never really crescendo'd.