Thunder Month

The full moon we experienced last Thursday is sometimes called the Thunder Moon.  This is as a consequence of weather patterns in our hemisphere being the stormiest in the month of July.  None of this is a result of climate change – it’s just the way it’s always been.  

So far we haven’t experienced any particularly show-stopping storms but I did stumble across one from 2016 that is worthy of sharing.   

Ordinarily I would not recommend standing on a wet porch in your bare feet during a lightning storm.  But the view of that stormy sunset was spectacular.  

And as the ruckus breathed its last gasp Ma Nature hurled some extra lightning bolts at the setting sun....