We were sleeping

When all of a sudden...

WABANG. Kara and I sat straight up in our beds. I'd be lying if I said I didn't expect anything less than US Bombers to be carrying out some super secret mission to destroy 1004 estates, but nevertheless, Kara and I were a little shook by the huge explosion. We both got up to make sure everything was still in order, the clock read 9:30 AM (So we slept in a little.), and I think we both expected 1004 to be gone.

Everything still stood as it was before we went to bed. It was pouring down rain, and we thought to ourselves, there's no way that was thunder? Sure enough, about a minute later, lightning bolt...and huge explosion. Now don't get us wrong, we've been through our fair share of thunderstorms. Thunderstorms in Belize, thunderstorms in Miami, thunderstorms in Louisiana and Cleveland and Louisville, but ladies and gentlemen, this was not your everyday thunderstorm. I'm going to do my best to describe this thunderstorm.

You could hear the absence of air before the gigantic thunder clap. That's what the "wa" is up in my description of the sound. And then the explosion hits and you could literally feel the waves rolling underneath our feet. Not only that, it wasn't like Washington thunder in that you hear it echoing for quite some time, it was a continuous rumble, nothing like we've ever heard before. I have to tell you, I'm getting tired of this, "Hey, let's wake the Slater's up while they are in a dead sleep and litereally make them think they are meeting their maker" vis a vis the Tippy Ship and thunderstorm stuff.

"Oooooh, that one was" BAAAAAAAANG...Brrrrrhhhgghhghghhhhhhhh (Huge sound waves blast through our flat) "Bright". That was Kara as she described a large bolt of lightning that was probably a 1/4 of a mile away. The windows shook and you felt the thunder. It's so weird, you can hear the thunder coming before it gets to you, almost like when a jet-fighter comes whippin by you at 500 mph and you can just barely hear it coming and then it goes past you and Waaaaaaaoooooooowwwwwwwww. Very similar to that. Anyways, I think I'm getting a little too descriptive now, but that's how our morning has been...so far!!

We'll keep you posted if anything cool like that happens again. We are totally fine and still amazed at the power of mother nature. I found a few good articles on thunder here and also here,if you're interested. See ya later.