lightning scares me

The past few days in Charlotte have been about high 90s, 100 degrees. REALLY disgusting and it has been quite humid. Well, yesterday as I was leaving work it was like a gajillion degrees and so humid i thought i was had just shoved a hot wet towel up my nose. Anyways, as I was driving home I noticed huge bolts of lightning in front of me towards the direction of my house. Right when I got home and under the awning it started to POUR. It was the scariest storm I have ever been in my life! Lightning was coming down left and right. Our power went out, the floor was shaking, sirens were zipping down South Blvd, car alarms were going off. It last for like an hour and it really sounded like there was a war going on outside.

I was going to go the gym after work but because of the storm I delayed that for about an hour because I was too scared to go outside or even close to the windows. Well, I was watching the news channel and they were showing live shots of the city and while they were doing that their video feed went out. That video feed comes from above my gym. After a while I decided to go to the gym once that lightning gave up and came down in minute increments instead of seconds. Ususally when I go to the gym after work I have to circle the parking lot twice to find parking and I have to wait for a cardio machine. When I got to the gym the parking lot was unusually empty. When I got inside the gym, people were just standing around by the turnstiles and in the lobby. People could not get in or out. I guess when that video feed went out the power in the gym went out so they evacuated everyone (or at least tried to). So when they let people in, there was nobody left. The gym was so empty, it was eerie.

I can't wait to leave these storms.

--RD