We've been having this season's first grand thunderstorm this evening. Not as big as they come, but the sky has been filled with lightnings in every direction, some quite spectacular, multi-branching phenomena, and many of those that light the clouds from within. Thunder was almost continuous, trying to keep up, and I could not keep up with counting. For a while, though, there were more than one per second, many overlapping. Rain came pelting down, and a little hail with it. I do love the rain... Sign in to see full entry.