I was resting earlier, listening to music through noise-canceling headphones…

Last summer I was driving thru the Green Mountains in VT listening to Spotify. At some point I pulled over to admire a view, and when I got back in, I didn't notice the silence (I often drive in silence if the conditions require lots of attention).

Anyway, about 20 minutes later I'm on a small road approaching Rt 93 from the west when my peace of mind is shattered by loud raucous sounds! After a few seconds I realized I was hearing the opening chords of [i]Smoke on the Water,[/i] quite startling!! I was finally back in range of a cell signal to receive spotify again.

Not long ago we had thunder snow. The blue light in the snow was surreal enough but in the silence of a snowfall the thunder was deafening. I’ve been watching the weather and predicted rain. I hope everyone stays safe.

We had thunder here early this morning and during the day - the 5th consecutive day of thunder,after relatively few storms earlier in the Summer.As for thunderstorms in your part of the world,I remember noticing distant thunderclouds to the north of SF one day when visiting about 20 years ago - later the news reported there had been a heavy storm and some flooding up in Sacramento.

The great (and terrible) thing about weather is, it will change.

Either Mark Twain or somebody else said: “Everybody complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it.”

It’s a little lesson about who controls what, I think

Enjoy it! It’s been alternating from misting to pouring here all day.

It's weird when just one lightning strike / thunderclap seems to be all it takes to put the electrical charge of the local environment back in balance

If it was really loud, did you see the flash? How soon did the sound follow? It seems like it was very close ... I think it would be 1100 feet for every second after the flash