The summer storms are here! AMEN! It has been so hot lately. My local weather says it's only been in the upper 80's, but my thermometer read over 100° yesterday, and that's in the shade. We've been having at least 90% humidity, so much that when you walk outside, it feels as if you're hitting a wall. You could cut it with a knife. I hate summer, but it's the storms that make it bearable, maybe even worthwhile.

There's nothing like sitting at your computer in the afternoon, then having the pants scared off you by the loudest thunder you've ever heard. It sorta sneaks up on you...
And when you walk outside, there's a huge, low-hanging dark cloud coming towards you. These awesome storms form out over the Everglades, and when they hit us, they can last for hours. Something else I love about the storms is the trees - I think it looks so awesome to see an almost-black storm cloud, with bright green trees in front of it. There's just something about the contrast of it. Not just in the colors, but with seeing a big, pretty green tree, peacefully swaying in the wind, with this giant, evil-looking, tornadic storm coming up behind it...

There's also the smell. Since the storms form over either the Everglades or the ocean, it usually smells like a combination of salt water, sulfur, and freshly cut grass. Ohhh, ohhh, that smell....

I'll leave you with a cute little story I read in a magazine yesterday:
A father and mother were going to church with their three-year-old daughter one Sunday morning, and it was really stormy outside. There were some puddles in the car-port near the van, and the little girl said to her father, "Dad, watch out for that pile of rain".