*Its not fair*!

Durhamjen thunderstorms include a whole sensory barrage -sound(frequency and intensity) vibration, sudden light flashes, a literal change in the air (negative ions?) etc etc. No wonder a person with ASD finds them hard to endure, all that and the unpredictability of it. Interesting that animals aren't usually happy in them either.

Still sticky and hot here in Leicestershire was very windy earlier but now just sultry - bit sticky sitting on the leather sofa!! also had two large glasses of vino which probably on reflection wasn't that wise.

I love storms, the more the merrier.Today has been boiling hot here we have only just managed by having blinds closed fans at full tilt lots of cold drinks and quiche and salad to eat.Heavy rain here tomorrow morning though.

I don't know *Phoenix *just know I was. I would be watching the weather forecast with unnatural dread during the summer and nights with one forecast were a nightmare but suddenly it wasn't a problem. I was once on holiday in Switzerland and those storms in the mountains were horrendous, how I survived it I don't really know and then one in the Dolomites when we flying home a few hours later. I think I was carried onto the plane and so irrational except to those who know

The frightening noise and the lightening. My older sister did once scare tell me that you could die if you stood by a window when lightening struck, but really don't think that was as scary as power of the storm themselves.

I was just talking to DD this afternoon there had been a storm where she lives. When she was about 10 we were in a gite in the French Alps and there was an appallingly heavy storm. She was so scared she insisted on climbing into my side of the bed. One hot frightened ten yr old sharing a bed in a hot damp thunderstorm was not fun. My son slept through.

Still terrified. At that first loud clap of thunder I scream and then run. I don't know where I'm running to, it's just a terror that I have to get away from.
I wish I could enjoy it like my family does.

My grandson has ASD. Noise upsets him, babies, children, gunshot ( we live in the countryside and often hear guns in the fields around), traffic that's too loud.
I do not understand the thunder, though, as it's a different pitch to any other sound that upsets him. It could be the unpredictability of the intensity of the noise.

A question for those that used to be frightened/terrified of storms, what actually was it that you were afraid of? (justaskinginanoseysortofway#)

So did I Nelliemoser when suddenly I wasn't, not just scared but terrified and now I can sleep through them.

Partly agree jane10 with the primeval bit, but not the scary! I find the raw power of a storm fascinating. Of course I'm not talking about life threatening ones, tsunamis, tornado etc, just the thunder and lightening that we get.

I remember years ago with exdh, we had a long spell of hot, sultry weather. The one evening as I was watering the plants, the sky seemed to go a sort of yellow colour, then the thunder rumbled and the rain began.

For some reason, I wanted to dance naked in the rain, I suppose perhaps because it had been so hot for so long, but it felt like an almost primeval response to what was happening. (Hope this makes sense!)

We've had gorgeous warm weather the last two days but wind getting up now and looking like rain.
The weather sure seems confused these days

I used to be very frightened of them.

Still sitting out, it's boiling hot in Leicestershire! Sun still high in the sky.

Cooler tomorrow I hope, I've sat in the same spot for nearl two days!
x

Aww poor boy! There's something primevally scary about thunderstorms

My grandson and I were sitting in the garden this afternoon, with the thermometer registering 41 C. We were reading about extreme weather.
Suddenly it went dark, thunder and lightning, and he forgot all the reasons we need storms and rain, ran inside, hands over ears, trembling, and getting annoyed with me for telling him to watch.

Lovely this morning,*Jane10*, but this afternoon it went all overcast and dismal . Maybe it's because we're so close to the Forth?