I frequently dream of severe weather – thunderstorms, tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, etc (and successfully filming them). I’m going to try to keep track of my major weather dreams this year. Here’s episode 1 from a night this week:

I usually don’t dream of severe weather occurring at my house, usually I’m out chasing it or it’s at a lake or the ocean. But last night I dreamed that it was summer time, and I awoke to heavy rain, wind and fog outside my house. The rain let up momentarily and I saw a river of muddy water coming down the street towards our house. I thought “oh man, flash flood, must be some heavy rain coming.” It swept over our yard putting everything about 6 inches under water and ended up flowing into a lake behind my house (which doesn’t exist IRL (In Real Life)).

Hanging out of a balcony (which doesn’t exist IRL) on the east side of my house I saw a large, forked lightning strike in the distance that lasted several seconds (looking similar to one I photographed IRL last year shown below) hitting a cell phone tower to my north, then presumably a power substation to my west because the power went out. I went into the garage where everything was under water and the rain got heavier. That’s all I remember. As usual, I was videotaping the whole thing.

We had the worst lightning storm in years this afternoon in State College – the thunder was rumbling constantly for an hour as hundreds of lightning strikes peppered our area. I got lucky with this video capture, looking north just before 4 PM. More pics & video at http://tinyurl.com/luh49aWe had the worst lightning storm in years this afternoon in State College – the thunder was rumbling constantly for an hour as hundreds of lightning strikes peppered our area. I got lucky with this video capture, looking north just before 4 PM. More pics & video at http://tinyurl.com/luh49a