Thunderstorms are great. One of my favorite places to observe thunderstorms is on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Huge thunderstorms build up absorbing moisture over the sound, and they will contain the most amazing, spectacular lightening shows!
Thunderstorms typically start off with strong winds, which make a soothing sound as it blows through the trees and relieves the heat of the afternoon. As the storm continues to approach, you can hear the thunder rolling in the distance. Soon the rain starts up. It's cool and refreshing. All the birds and other animals go silent, and it's just the roar of the wind and the rain. A lightening bolt breaks the darkness creating shadows like daylight, and shortly after, a sharp clap of thunder follows and breaks through the sound of the rain. The air gets cooler as the storm blows in more refreshing air. As the storm dissapates and moves on, it leaves with the soothing sound of, rolling, rumbling of thunder in the distance, and a clean crisp smell to the air. Sometimes, if you're lucky, the electricity will go out too during a storm shutting off all the noisey air conditioners and other machinery running. The nightime then truly becomes night as your eyes are relieved from the assault of sodium-vapour streetlights. The air is filled only with the sounds of crickets chirping and other night creatures against the background of rainwater dripping off the trees. Everything is calm and still, renewed, refreshed. I go to sleep with the window open in my bedroom as the gentle breese blows over me, and the crickets seranadeing me!