Am I the only one who finds a good thunderstorm relaxing?

I love thunderstorms at night when I'm in bed.

The bigger the storm the better for me. But not everyone is the same with that. Psychologists have definitely looked in to why that is. There's different theories, with some connecting to animal instinct (like being safe in front of fire), but "pink noise," the noises derived from and in nature, is a common theory. It hits certain people differently. For many it takes the attention off the self and puts it on something bigger. A sense of humility and comfort. It's kind of a trip. Either way, enjoy those big boomers.

I've even got a tape of the thing, for when it's not raining

@booinflipflops2 cannot say i find them relaxing but i do agree nothing like watching a cracking thunderstorm and the wrath of mother nature

We had a dozen storm events in Dec 23.
Love them.

Not really but rain is on my sound machine 24/7

I like a good thunderstorm, too.

I like it as long as I'm not in it

Agree, love thunder storms

Nope it’s lovely

I love thunderstorms

I'm scared of lightning, but I love heavy wind and rain

I love storms.

yell as long as it is far away,,what about the poor saps under the lighting think Thay are liking it,

I find them invigorating rather than relaxing. Especially electric storms 👏👏🤩

I think so. They are so noisy and make so much light it's hard to sleep.

Ask alexa to play thunder storm ,shut your eyes with lights out.

I would if it wasn't for the dog

I love it

I study Meteorology as a hobby. Lightning itself is nothing more than a discharge of static electricity that was formed as a result of ice crystals constantly colliding with each other inside a towering cumulonimbus cloud (thunderstorm).

When enough static electricity is built up inside that towering cloud, it will discharge in the form of a lighting strike. The problem is, that static charge will often strike as a lightning bolt ⚡.. as much as 20 miles away from the storm itself, which means if you can hear thunder, it is already too close to you.

Lightning also travels through the ground as easy as it's seen traveling through the air. If you see lightning hit the ground in the middle of a farm field and there's no apparent damage, that entire field will remain energized with extremely high voltage from the lightning strike for up to 30 minutes AFTER that lightning strike hit the ground or hit a tree!

What this means is, if you're a farmer and you walk into that field to open a metal gate to let your cows come back to the barn, you and the cows are safe as long as you don't touch each other.

But as soon as you put your hand on the metal gate to open the fence for the cows to pass through, the stored high voltage in the ground from that lightning strike will immediately discharge between you and the metal gate, which of course is usually fatal and WILL occur up to 30 minutes after the lightning strike.

Just because lightning hits the ground not far from where you're sitting on your porch, doesn't mean the ground around you is safe to walk on. Whatever you do, if you're in the vicinity of a lightning strike, don't stand on the ground and touch anything metallic like a car, a fence or a flag pole.