Happy Aloha Friday!
In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So on Fridays let’s take it easy on posting, too. Ask a simple question…nothing that requires a lengthy response. It’s a great way to make new blogging friends!
It’s that time of year – the weather is alternating between cool and extreme heat (thanks to Mother Nature’s Menopause moments) which brings unsettled weather and thunder storms. So my question for you today is:
Do you enjoy a good thunderstorm or do they frighten you?
We had a wicked thunderstorm last night – just about the time I was writing this post. Initially it was off in the distance, so hubby and I sat on the back porch and enjoyed the light show and reveled in the cooling air as the wind picked up. Not much later it got a little too wild and crazy to be outside, so we ducked into the Summer House to watch Mother Nature’s wild party.
I’m one of those people that counts the seconds between the lightning flashes and the thunder rolling to calculate how far away that lightning strike was. When it’s a few miles away, I don’t get nervous. But when the thunder is accompanying the lightning almost immediately – particularly when you hear a deafening cracking sound, I get a bit nervous. Which turns into annoyance when the internet connection is lost.
I have to admit I did jump a couple of times when it sounded like the lightning hit right out back – which also had the dogs pacing and growling. When that happens I unplug all pertinent electronics to make sure we don’t have a funky power surge to zap things into oblivion. Better safe than sorry. Some of those close strikes must have found their target since the local fire hall alarm has gone off no less than 4 times within a 20-minute time frame. That makes me nervous, too.
There’s a fifty-percent chance of more thunderstorms today, but even though I have a few errands to run, I actually welcome them because they’re clearing out the extreme heat we’ve been experiencing this week, allowing us to have perfect weather for this 3-day weekend.
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Oh I LOVE a good thunderstorm, and we don’t really get any spectacular ones here in So. Cal. But when I lived in Missouri for 2 years, they had some great ones! Only thing I can’t take is the lightening in the dark, instant Migraine!!
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My daughter is terrified of thunder and lightning, so T-storms are a source of great angst for us!
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First, beautiful pic! I LOVE LOVE LOVE thunderstorms! Especially the really really noisy ones filled with giant crackles of lightning!
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oh i love a good thunderstorm…they kinda excite me…you know…
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Like you, we sit and watch in amazement at the power and light show. When my kids and I lived in Virginia it was the first time to see storms like that. It took awhile to get used to them, we were so used to earthquakes in CA but the thunder and lightening was scary at first. Here in Nebraska there is strong wind and thunder and lightening and hubby and I think it is enchanting. Even when tornadoes come close and knock down trees it is interesting. I know they can do horrendous damage but so far not in our little area. I like the picture here of lightening and the wonderful dark colors.
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I kinda like them and i’m kinda afraid of them all at the same time. It’s like a rush… i used to be pretty brave about them but after a lighting strike on a really small house we lived in when my youngest was a newborn… yep it’s enough to make you a tad nervous.
My shi tzu is a scaredy cat too so her and I cuddle on the bed and just wait for it to pass… you didn’t know I was such a woos did you????
I wish we had a summer house!!! 🙂
I love thunderstorms and we get plenty of them down here. I did have a dog that was deathly afraid of thunderstorms. To the point where he chewed a hole in the wall to get into the house to cower.
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as long as they are not too bad, i love them…
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I remember I think it was about 1996, it was the first summer in my house, and there was a late evening Summer T and L storm. I called my Mom of course and were chatting away. I was on a cordless phone and suddenly I heard a CRACK! you know that HUGE one that makes you wonder if you house got hit? well I jumped and landed sitting on my butt in the corner of my bedroom after saying “ok Mom that one sounded too close I got to go!” 🙂
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I love Thunderstorms! If I am safe inside my home I love to watch the lightning.
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Don’t like thunderstorms especially on a golf course!
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I love a good thunderstorm. Happy Follow Friday!
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I like thunderstorms unless they are severe and then they kind of scare me becasue I do not like tornados. The good thing is that we dont get much of those severe ones up here!
Love them.
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They do not scare me. but I do not like them.
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Living in tornado alley – they really terrify me…I wish that I were more like the locals (lived here all my life) but I just can’t stop thinking about all the people who have lost their homes or lives.
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I used to love them and I still enjoy them UNLESS there are chances of tornados. We’ve had some people killed around our area with tornados in the last few years so they scare me now.
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I love them as long as everything is turned off or unplugged. Thanks for playing Friday Follow too 🙂
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Have a great Friday!
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I only appreciate a good thunderstorm when I’m safe in the house. When I’m outside, as soon as I hear thunder, I run for cover. I don’t care how far I may from the storm itself. We’re known for crazy lightning strikes here.
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Nah, Storms don’t bother me. It’s when the siren goes off outside THAT BOTHERS ME! That means a tornado has been sighted. errrrrr Gives me the chills just to think about it. Have a safe and fun Memorial Weekend, my friend.
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First off, the photo you captured is amazing. I have never had any luck whenever I try to take pictures of lightning. I do enjoy a thunderstorm, always have…I just don’t like it when it hails, or a tornado is right behind.
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I LOVE thunderstorms. Unfortunately, I don’t have an awning on my porch so we have to watch from the picture window.
I used to like storms more. Unfortunately, the last big one that came by pulled a huge hunk of our roof off. A big expense like that made me afraid of the damage they can produce.
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I love a good thunderstorm.
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I absolutely LOVE thunder storms!
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I like the sound of a steady rain, but thunder and lightning…no thanks!
We get our storms in the winter. This year we had a few thunderstorms. I don’t seem to get to scared by them. Growing up in Illinois I would always worry about the tornados so living in California it took me awhile to realize that it seldom goes into tornados here. We get rain or Santa Ana winds all winter. I perfer the rain.
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I love listening to thunder storms when I’m safe inside and tucked up, not too keen on being out in them though!
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I enjoy them until the lightning bolt hits the tree in the yard next door! Then, not so much!
I LOVE me a good thunderstorm!
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I did like storms, until I got my dog that shakes her life away when they are still a long ways off. Seriously gets so upset she makes herself sick.
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Oh, how I miss thunderstorms. We don’t get them much in L.A. Last summer in NYC, late at night, Phoebe and I got to sit and watch one. It was incredible.
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I like thunderstorms, my Airedale doesn’t!!!! An 80lb. dog trying to get in your back pocket is not fun…
I happen to love thunderstorms … the more powerful and crazy the better. But I’m sure if lightning actually struck close to me, I’d rethink that!
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Running late but here I am. Stopping by from Friday Blog Hop. I am now following. Hope you will stop by my blog and follow when you get a chance 🙂 Have a great weekend!
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I love a good thunderstorm, but they can be a bit scary when they are right on top of you.
Have a great weekend!