What a spectacular light and sound show I got to view from my 28th floor balcony tonight! From knowhere, it seemed to come. I sat and watched as the clouds rolled slowly in across the skyline. Then flashes of lightning filled the sky with intense, bright blue light. The lightning-filled sky was soon followed by deep rumbles of thunder from afar. Then the lightning flashes turned to intense bolts which were followed by loud thunder claps...the light and sound came closer, the clouds rolled over the skyline faster, the smell of rain filled the air, a breeze fluttered the leaves of the plants and the hair across my face. Then, came the falling raindrops, accompanied by constant flashes of light and bolts of lightning, filling the whole night-sky like it was daylight for seconds at a time. The thunder bellowed, it sounded like the earth's crust was being torn apart and disembowelled, the wind increased in ferocity, the rain dropped with intensity. Then, the clouds blew over, the rain eased off, the light show ended and the regular sounds of the city returned. The Earth's 35 minute tantrum was over, the nightime temperature a few degrees cooler, and the only sign of the storm to remain being the shiny slickness of the roads and droplets of water dripping fom the the plants outside. Calm and still as it ever was. Ho. Hum.