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t night, Toronto was subjected to a light show the likes of which I have not seen for a long time.. We had plenty of warning that this storm was coming, and our alerts included tornado warnings. It’s only a few days since Goderich’s town centre was ruined by a tornado that blew in from the west, crossing over Lake Huron and churning up the town and countryside in its path. So the weather people were making sure that this second heavy storm coming from the west would not catch us off guard. The lightning started well before the rain started. By the time rain hit the flashes in the sky were getting scary. By this time I had turned off the computer, and the flat screen TV. I retreated to my bedroom, turned on the old TV (no loss if it took a strike) and drew back the blinds so that I could watch the sky. The lightning sometimes was jagged, but much of the time, great sheets of lightning lit up the neighbourhood as though it were daylight. It was huge demonstration of the power of nature.
I was following the storm story by tuning in to the local news channel, but at the height of the storm, the anchor, Ann Rohmer, was relaying the advice that no one should be sitting near a window, a risk for any persons sitting close by, should the glass shatter. I closed the blinds and moved to the other side of the bed. *g*
Spike was very frightened and I held him close until he calmed down. This light show went on for more than an hour, when finally the storm started to move off to the east.I have shamelessly grabbed a short video from the internet. The creator has his name on it, and has publicly posted it. I think the most amazing part of this video is the ferocity of the strikes on the CN tower. Take a look at this:
On the Boardwalk 