Oooohhhh. Aaahhhhhh.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 at 12:00AM Chilling at home tonight, sitting on my balcony, having a drink, writing a future blog post, when a lightning storm (ahem) "sparks up."
Many people have a fear of lighting. I understand this. It's several million volts of electricity at an insane amperage it can easily kill a human being, if not sufficiently protected.
But I find it facinating. This phenomenon happens every day in some part of the world, but only rarely do you get to see it in such frequency from where you sit. About now, the sky is lighting up about four times every second! This is better than any rock concert anyone's ever been to!!
And the best part is I'm watching in complete safety. I'm not the highest point in the area, so nothing's going to hit me. Everything strike is from cloud to cloud, at least fifteen miles away (given the lack of thunder), and it isn't raining here, meaning the guardrail I'm resting my feet upon isn't soaked in highly-conductive water.
This is a great show I'm watching, and it's letting me get more done because the TV's not on, distracting me with dialogue. Fewer people should be afraid of lightning. It is, in fact, beautiful.
But now the wind has picked up, and thunder has reached "Cracka-BOOM!!!" levels, so I have retreated to indoors. It's not as cool in here, despite the presenece of air conditioning.