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I like thunderstorms, but not storms in general

I like the two extremes: Extremely nice, and extremely crappy. The in betweens suck.

I love storms! Its that time again in Kansas, and we're having a good one right now! There are some absolutely amazing lighting flashes and the thunder is intense!

Who else loves storms?!?! (thunderstorms, I should say)

I love storms, Oklahoma thunderstorms are awesome. I was a storm chaser briefly, got hit in the head with debris and hubby made me quit.....I had been doing it 2 years prior with only minor injuries, but apparently my husband loves me more than I love myself and begged me to not do it anymore.

Hell yea I love storms.

I've always loved storms, and weather in general.

I like storms, for some reason they are peacefull.. however, I prefer that lightning not strike anywhere near me.

I've always loved storms, and weather in general.

Not like you have a choice. :p

I like storms, for some reason they are peacefull.. however, I prefer that lightning not strike anywhere near me.

True, although its awesome when it strikes a few streets down, but its sad when hits big trees.

I don't like it when it rains while I'm driving. I also don't like hurricanes or tropical storms. The sound of rain can be kind of peaceful when I'm safely inside, however.

True, although its awesome when it strikes a few streets down, but its sad when hits big trees.

I'll stick with my cloud to cloud lightning.. and I prefer if people's houses aren't hit either. Though it is sad when big trees get hit; so much time to grow that big just to turn into a lightning rod. :(

Lightning strikes near me scare the crap out of me, but I may be just a very jumpy person.

Maybe thats why I like storms so much... the adrenaline rush.

I'm not to fond of them. It's fine when I'm in my house or something though.

I live in the area with the most lightning strikes in the world. It's something you get used to really fast. Especially since I skate, the only times during the summer when it's not too hot to go out are either at night or right before a storm. I don't like rain all too much, but I like when black clouds cover the sky and I love dry lightning.

I live in the area with the most lightning strikes in the world. It's something you get used to really fast. Especially since I skate, the only times during the summer when it's not too hot to go out are either at night or right before a storm. I don't like rain all too much, but I like when black clouds cover the sky and I love dry lightning.

I love the rain! Rain is life man, if you hate rain, you hate life! You're no true storm lover! You git outta here! ;)

One of my favorite vacations is storm watching on the Pacific Northwest coast. The steel grey of the water and the silver grey of the clouds with the wind churning up the surf and the rain knifing intot the bronze-grey sand...I am a rain lover.

Moving to North Dakota has made me really remember the thunderboomers of my youth in Michigan. One advantage to having no serious topography is that the whole sky lights up with each stroke of lightning. It is kick-ASS to be able to see the whole cell roll in, stir shit up and roll out.

So, my answer to the OP would be...uh...yes.

One of my favorite vacations is storm watching on the Pacific Northwest coast. The steel grey of the water and the silver grey of the clouds with the wind churning up the surf and the rain knifing intot the bronze-grey sand...I am a rain lover.

Moving to North Dakota has made me really remember the thunderboomers of my youth in Michigan. One advantage to having no serious topography is that the whole sky lights up with each stroke of lightning. It is kick-ASS to be able to see the whole cell roll in, stir shit up and roll out.

So, my answer to the OP would be...uh...yes.

*checks pulse*
phew...*takes deep breath*
Don't get us storm-watchers too excited now..:p

I sat up in the cupola sort of thing on the top floor of a vacation house on the beach in Panama City, Florida and watched a storm blow in across the water for hours the night before my friends' wedding. The ocean was churned up, white froth looked like whipped cream over the black water, and the waves smashing back and forth across the beach. Lightening was flashing and hitting the water, the beach... the wind was rattling all the windows and the rain sounded like someone battering a snare drum. It was glorious!



I need to go lie down now. :p

I don't like storms, they make me feel like a small, powerless, scared hairless ape.

Oh yeah I love storms. I've always had a facination with weather since I was a little child. Especially tornados. But yeah lighting is awsome. I've cheated death at least 4 times with lighting lol

oh I know I do. Probably why I make stormy weather frequant in my NScountry

I don't like storms, they make me feel like a small, powerless, scared hairless ape.

Hairless? :eek:

Naked..mole..human..monkey!

I pos-def love to watch storms. But I HATE being out in them (especially driving through one with really heavy rain).

I've always wanted to see a tornado (not bearing down on me, of course, but from a reasonably safe distance).

yeah me too.

I'll settle for overcast skies and a good wind, but a proper thunderstorm is wonderful to watch. (From safety, that is. I wouldn't want to be out in the middle of one with no protection.) I used to live in Virginia near the coast, and one of the things I miss most is the thunderstorms.


I find it interesting that the 'yes' option is worded more strongly than the 'no' option, and is still winning by a landslide.

I love storms, Oklahoma thunderstorms are awesome. I was a storm chaser briefly, got hit in the head with debris and hubby made me quit.....I had been doing it 2 years prior with only minor injuries, but apparently my husband loves me more than I love myself and begged me to not do it anymore.

You remind me of a real life Homer Simpson, what with the many jobs you had in your life. You are awesome. :D

I'm guessing there's never a dull moment in your house?

As for me, I LOVE Thunderstorms, but not Amelia, she hides when she hears thunders.

Oh yeah!

my one regret about storms is that because i can't justify the cost of an uninteruptable power supply to provide sufficient isolation, and even less to replace a whole system, i feel that i have to turn off the computer and unplug it from both the wall and the phone line (and anything else attatched to either) when a front with lightning is moving through.

this is only a very small inconvenince though. the storm itself provides adiquitely compensatory entertainment. yes i do love them. and love to watch them. and love for the damd stinking hot summer to finnally begin to show signs of ending!

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Storms = possible disruption of electricity = bad. :p

I really love to stand on the seashore and feel the wind hit you and the waves hit the sea dyke's. You feel so minute and powerless.

I don't know about powerless. When I was younger, I'd like to go out into the November howlers in NW Washington and imagine that I was the WIND GOD! Every gust was at my whim! I would fervently wish that the wind would let me fly with it. Shit -- I still do.

Nothing is more tranquil to watch than the fury of Mother Nature as she destroys the vermin disease known as humanity. [mm that sounds so awesome].