We are having a thunderstorm here tonight. My poor dog hasn't experienced this in a while, and she is nervously pacing around the house. I just stay calm and hope she takes her cue from me. Storms never bothered her until about 2 years ago, when we had a thunderclap so loud that it shook the windows in my apartment, and startled both of us out of a sound sleep. Now it is pouring rain, and there's lightning. I think I'll close the blinds all the way so the lightning doesn't freak her out.