The reason why I ask is because I know some people who really love them, and also some people who loathe them. The only time they bother me is when the lightening is really close to the house and/or right over me. Yikes! Other than that, they're okay. My older siblings and their wives love thunderstorms. Heck they will go outside and stand on their porch right in the middle of a bad storm, and love every minute of it. I'm not quite as daring as they are. I always worry about getting struck by lightening or something. In fact, I almost got struck by lightening once as a child. It scared the hell out of me. Ever since then, at the first sign of lightening, I will head to a safe place.

I love them!

PurpleThunder said:

Guess I should have known that, by your orgname.

Thunderstorms are just about my most favorite thing in the whole world.

I love to be outside when the gust front comes through. You stand there facing the storm, the smell of rain in the air, and see the clouds rolling toward you. All of a sudden, it becomes very calm, sprinkles a bit...and then the wind slams you, taking your breath away.

It's like that moment when you're on top of the first incline of a rollercoaster, when you just hang there for a second before all hell breaks loose and you're plunging down, the air forced out of you.

There's only one other thing I know that feels like that - but I won't hijack the thread.

Genesia said:

Don't worry about hijacking the thread, it happens here all the time. I think my brothers and their wives like to be outside during a storm too, for the exact reasons that you stated in your post.

i love thunderstorms, when i lived in georgia you could really hear the loud thunder, not so much here in california though.

kimrachell said:

I hate thunderstorms and yes they scare me

Audexia said:

I know what you mean.

I am really surprised that so many people here say they love thunderstorms. I am not that afraid of them, but they do scare me a bit if I am not somewhere where I know I am safe.

Serious said:

Ditto for me.

Yes, very much. I only feel uncomfortable if I'm outside where there are many trees. Other than that, I love rain and thunder, even when I'm outside.

Absolutely love them. There's nothing better than sweaty sex on a hot summer's night with open windows and a huge thunderstorm outside, with lightenings everywhere. So sexy.

i love thunderstorms. especially in summer, when dark clouds roll in
and the light becomes this extreme, almost surreal shade of blueish
green. especially if the sun shines on the trees with the storm just
blowing in from the other side. that light and the shades it makes
the leaves is one of my favorit things e.v.e.r.

the storms themselves i love only when i'm inside

nothing like wind and rain beating down hard and the lightning that
flashes across the sky before a deep, rolling thunder reverberates
across it.



another cool thing about thunderstroms is when they're just done and
you go outside for a walk. the smell of the ozone that came down with
the rain and the air that still feels slightly electric. there's not
a single thing like it.

Aelis said:

Being outside in an area where there are a lot of trees would freak me out too.

Dave1992 said:

I also like kissing in the heavy rain, then rush home, rip one's clothes off and just continue you know where.

IstenSzek said:

I didn't know that ozone had a scent.

Dave1992 said:

IstenSzek said:

Huge co-sign!


Summer thunderstorms are da shit, man.

psychodelicide said:

it seems that it does, but i haven't looked it up on any
official site or in a book. i was told the smell that's
hanging around after a rainshower is in fact ozone that
has been dragged down with the raindrops. usually i don't
believe anything like that when people tell me but this
guy really knew his stuff so i just assumed it to be true.

Love 'em.

There's nothing like laying in bed and listening to the storm outside.

Dave1992 said:

i remember one distinct storm, the best ever, in the summer of
1997.

i'd been visiting a friend who lived about 15 miles from me
and the sky became darker and darker so i decided i would just
race home on my bycicle and try to beat the storm.

but fcuz, the storm caught up with me just about halfway.

the wind picked up, but because it was hot summer the wind
was warm and moist and felt really good.

just when the first flashes of lightning ran across the sky
i cycled into a huge woodland lane that ran for about 5 miles
and it was just the most unreal beautiful thing i've ever
seen.

the trees were all bending down in the wind and the leaves
rustled in a very sinister way as the flashes of lightning
set the whole forest in a sort of strobelight.

i was scared but at the same time extatic. nothing like a
good old thunderstorm to make you feel like the animal that
you really are when push comes to shove.

there's something so elemental and brutal about it. like
you already said, thunderstorms make for a great backdrop
to hot sex. they scare you a bit but they also stirr up a
kind of earthy lust and yearning.

damn, i want a thunderstorm right now

IstenSzek said:

Stop it, you're making me horny.

florescent said:

Dave1992 said:

I hate them

I love the rain tho , warm beautiful rain with no wind

^^^^ I also love the smell of the air after a storm. I live on the beach and the rainstorms freshen the air.

florescent said:

That's what I was going to say!