Lightning & Lightning

There is a fierce thunderstorm now which started last night, with flashes of lightning streaking across the sky and at times, brightening up the sky as if it was day. Tried to catch the lightning streaks but they were too fast. 

Boom Boom CRACK!

Today I witnessed the longest streak of lightning as it cut across the sky followed by the loudest clap of thunder. It was a frightening sight and sound. :S What followed was the many more streaks of lightning and claps of thunder, all too near for comfort, and the heaviest storm to date.

Lightning & Thunder!

At 3am or so, there was a heavy thunderstorm with loud booming thunder and bright as day lightning. Marieann woke up and she has never been one who is comfortable with lightning and thunder. In the end, the three of us - mother and daughters slept together on the bed with me squashed in between the two girls and the girls each held one of my hands as they slept lol. 
I felt warm inside when the three of us lay in bed and they were holding my hand. It was like returning to their younger days when they would look to me for protection or to soothe their fears. It has been a long while since they regarded me as their protector, other than their enforcer, the one who is always telling them to do homework and to study. More thunderstorms, please?! LOL :P 

Storm Walker

There was a thunderstorm last night. The heavy downpour with thunder and lightning occurred just as my father was returning from his third and final trip to the Isetan Private Sale. He was stuck at the bus-stop. As his daughter, I couldn't possibly leave him there to wait out the storm. Who knows what time the storm would let up. So I ventured out into the thick of the storm to "rescue" my father. 
I have never been in such a heavy thunderstorm before. The rain was pouring down in sheets! The wind was gusty! With most parts of the pavement flooded, I kept wondering if I would be electrocuted with the next lightning that lit up the sky. It was quite an experience - a very cold, wet and scary experience, one that I do not care to repeat anytime soon.
A short three minutes walk to and back from the bus-stop had both my father and I drenched, despite each carrying a huge umbrella. :( 

Showers, Rain, Thunderstorms

July is supposedly one of the hottest months in Singapore. However, there has no sight of that sunny hot weather anywhere. Instead, it has been raining cats and dogs whenever it could, which is almost every day! Sigh. I have no choice but to wear Crocs pumps as my leather shoes would only get wet. Hope the weather will get better.

Thunderstorm

This evening's thunderstorm is possibly one of the worst thunderstorms I have encountered this year. I have never heard thunder so loud. It was peal of thunder after another. The windows were rattling and the sound of thunder was just reverberating through the apartment. It was actually quite scary. :(

Thunderstorms

There have been thunderstorms during the past few nights, actually during the wee hours of the past few mornings like 3am in the morning.

I don't mind thunderstorms (just minded the extreme humidity that happened before the change in the weather). I thought it is interesting to watch lightning and I enjoyed trying to figure out where the lightning might appear next. It is easier to do that when the thunderstorm occurs at night like for the past few nights. Unfortunately, no one in my family shares my fascination with lightning lol. My girls are both terrified of thunderstorms, especially the thunder. One day when they are older, I would like to show them the beautiful artwork that nature creates with lightning across the sky.