Different people= different reactions to Florida afternoon thunderstorm at Disney....

[Jrsygrl51]

Being that I was raised in NJ, I know thunderstorms, but none like the ones I have experienced in Oklahoma! The thunder here is much louder and the storms do more damage. But in NJ I have seen lightning kill people on the beach with the sun shining! I don't mess with lightning.

[AdriannaSmiling]

Originally Posted by deneb78

For me it would be quite annoyed with maybe a little bit of fear but definitely more annoyed than afraid. Like you in the SF bay area, we rarely get thunderstorms up here. We had 2 thunderstorms last month in the space of a week. One of them was of a moderate size and was a little bit unsettling to be honest as I'm not really used to them here.

How far apart was the lightning and thunder?

[theunbrainwashed]

Originally Posted by tom77falcons

What I do like about them in the summer is how they usually hit late in the afternoon or early evening, and then the next day dawns sunny and humid. Feels very tropical.

Yep. Typically summertime here does feel like Puerto Rico's rainy season with daily thunderstorms and weekly supercells rolling into town (except this year), and then the sun evaporating the rain. That's why I call Dfa/Cfa climates here "part-time tropical"