I was actually just returning to bed after a different kind of nature call when I happened to look outside the window... 
 
*FLASH*  ***BOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!***
 
Right in front of me!  The flash and the boom happened simultaneously and boy was it loud!  It put all the fireworks from the 4th to shame.  The storm continued with strikes about every 5-10 seconds for the next 15 minutes, all within a mile of me (i.e., the booms were five seconds or less after the flash).  I realized I wasn't going to get any sleep for a bit so I thought I'd sit and watch the show!
 
(Then up the post count a bit and THEN go back to sleep for a bit!  LOL!)

Did you sample it?

Talk about natures' alarm clock!  Damn, I'll be having to catch up to you before too long.  

Just start another song thread.  LOL!

Strawberry Alarm Clock=Mother Nature's Wake Up Call

I wonder if Jonbouy will crack up over that one?

Maybe Bapu was flashing you. 

Old55


Maybe Bapu was flashing you. 

That's flash moobs, not flash boom. ;)

Rain

Old55


Maybe Bapu was flashing you. 

That's flash moobs, not flash boom. ;)

Flash.  Then, "Boooooo!"

I was on a porch once and lightning hit a tree in the front yard about 20 ft away. Close lightning does not "boom" it "Bangs". Sounds like a giant firecracker.

I went inside...

J

Good point.  It really was a bang, but the echo was a boom.  I too have been way too close to two different strikes, but don't have time for those stories right now.  Gotta get back to work!