After being in Ky for the last 2 1/2 months, I can really relate to those huge storms. they hit hard & fast & are gone just as quick, but the damage they can do is instantly. California doesn't have many thunder stroms & I was used to them when I visited my Grandparents in Kansas when I was a child....tornado warnings & all.....but I like being safe in home when they hit & not on the road....that makes a huge difference.

Just after I arrived in KY, I was out on an erand run & stopped at Taco Bell. As I got out of my car, I heard the sirens go off & it was a stromy day building...The policemen in Taco Bell said that was the storm warning when I asked them if is was just like in Kansas.

Your post reminded me of my California reaction to a storm we had when I was in KY too. The storm was coming in from the west & my doggie & I were outside (I was pulling weeds). He kept hearing the thunder & getting upset, so I decided to go inside. The wind started blowing & I remembered I had my flag up on the porch. I went out to get it down just as it started pouring & blowing water way under the porch cover. I was struggling trying to get the string untied to get the flag down & got completely drenched. I finally got the flag down & walked inside dripping a huge puddle all over the floor. I was getting the chills & decided to go take a nice hot shower to get warmed up. I stood in my upstairs shower, under my skylight.....looking up at the clouds & flashing lightning all around. Boy did I feel stupid......I could just see a bolt of lightning coming through the skylight to get me for being such a stupid Californian. I got out of the shower quicker than I could ever imagine at that point. Guess all the trees I found in my woods that had been struck by lightning in the past came into my mind when I looked through the skylight also.

I can truely relate to the stroms you are talking about.....but I really wish you would send at least some of the rain down to us in Kentucky, Georgia, & our area....we desperately need it.

Glad all was ok with you....it is scarry being out in stroms like that....they are so unpredictable.
Debbie