Last night I was awakened at about half past midnight by either Mrs Elbeno or some thunder, I'm not sure which. At any rate, there followed over the course of a few minutes about 6 or so flashes of lightning and accompanying thunder. The storm was less than two miles away at this point. Then it started raining. About 45 seconds later it stopped raining. There was no more rain or lightning, and we went back to sleep.
We had one of those super-shorty storms in Vancouver the other week too. It could be worse: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/5116710.stm
(Although is that not the smallest tornado you've ever seen?)
Kate
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