One more reason to thank the internet.
A thick humid blanket of gray clouds crawled up in this out-of-the-way pocket of Alabama and would not budge. We heard the thunder first and the lightning followed - striking so near that all of the hairs on my body stood up and out like I was some kind of human porcupine. The air buzzed with errant static and I regained my senses. Pulling Rodney by the crook of his arm, we leapt through the screen door and into the waiting safety of grandma’s old torn sofa.