*Its not fair*!

At a time I lived in Libya for two years and my apartment faced directly onto the Mediterranean sea. I will never forget the wonderful sight in the sky colours as the lightning repeatedly shot into the sea.

A neighbour asked me this morning if the lightning had really landed in my back garden earlier this morning.
Had to say I didn't know, because my bedroom was at the front, and although I was awake and kept walking through the house for a couple of hours just to make sure, as it was close, I never noticed. She said it looked like it was right over my house. Pleased I live in a bungalow in that case.

Disaster! No rain today as promised, and it said heavy rain as well. now we have to get the garden hose out and do all the garden,it's as dry as a bone.

We had a fantastic storm around midnight, huge claps of thunder, quickly followed by lightening. It was so hot I was tempted to go out into the garden and stand in the rain, which was pounding down. (tempted, that's all)

Fortunately the dogs aren't spooked by storms but a friends dog hid in a cupboard and lost control of her bladder because of terror. I don't know who I felt most sorry for!

Ah ha! Found it Jane - see your point.

I love to watch a storm, even though lightning once struck a lamppost just feet away from me - I was carrying a bottle of milk and didn't drop it, probably paralysed by shock. My DD2 as a child would run out in a storm and dance about in the rain, arms held high. I'd have to fetch her in, alternating between being scared for her safety and captivated by her sheer joy.

I was woken by the lightening last night. I don't ever remember seeing anything like it, constant flickering but just gentle rumbling of thunder.

We usually get usually a flash of lightening then a gap and a crash of thunder, but last night our sky was constantly lit up by this lightening, some quite soft and others very bright. The whole bedroom was lit up for the best part of 30 minutest.

I'm not afraid of storms normally but my son and 5- year old GD were camping in the Cotswolds last night and I'm wonderung how it affected them.

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Lightning!

Heavy rain here now and strong winds. If there was thunder and lightning during the night, I slept through it. Had the window open as usual. I like listening to the wind, not that I did much of that either last night.

Thick fog and heavy rain this morning!

Saw one flash and heard one quiet rumble very anticlimactic

Woke up at 2.15 to the most amazing thunder and lightening!

It even set off the burglar alarm! The rain was torrential. I didn't get back to sleep until 4 am. Quite exciting.

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Slept on the sofa with the dog who didn't know what to do with herself, she was so scared. Thankfully her bladder was ok [I usually don't let her on the sofa after an 'incident' a few years ago].

Tegan it's horrible as there is nothing we can do to calm the dog down. All the panting as well and rolling eyes. I am not overly frightened of thunderstorms but dread them now because of the state the dog gets into.

She was like it a few weeks ago after her operation; was sat in her basket panting. I ended up sleeping on the kitchen floor next to her that night...at least we both had a bit of comfort last night. I'm quite pleased with her today as, since the last 'sofa incident' I haven't allowed her in the living room, but she has quite happily gone back to her basket today. Just got Bonfire night [or should I say 'month' to come].By the way, for any visitors who might plan to sit on my sofa [or have sat on said sofa] it was well covered by duvets etc when we had 'the problem'!

Yes same here with Bonfire month as you so aptly call it. And the New Year week. I have blackout curtains and blinds (so double protection at windows and glass doors) - except the front door which I haven't got round to so it has a bin bag pinned to it and dog still quivers long before we see or hear anything. I know it doesn't happen often but it is distressing when it does.