Same for us here in St. James. Finally a decent rain; hopefully some of the courses ponds will get some water replenished.

The National Weather Service tells us to avoid electrical, plumbing, corded telephones and windows during a thunderstorm. Those that have not followed this advice have been injured right here in The Villages.

I had a strong thunderstorm warning on my Weather Bug app. Apparently conditions were bad but not bad enough to warrant a severe thunderstorm warning from the National Weather Service. Winds were not strong enough.

All I know is when my cat goes under the sofa, I start paying attention to my surroundings.

I feel very lucky not to have been injured.

Just dumped 3.5 inches out of my rain gage in Palto Alto

3-1/2 here in Buttonwood...

It was windy enough and raining hard enough in Summerhill that my front windows and door were soaked, even though they're 4' inside a covered lanai. I got up to look outside because the raindrops were so loud and heavy against the house at one point I honestly thought it might be hailing.

While we were getting pasted, I checked the weather widget on my Internet home page and it said sunny and 95. Pfft.

We were at the movies at LSL and OMG I couldn't believe the
Noise.

I have lived in FLA for almost 18 years and always shocked at
how people don't respect bad weather more!

Lots of thunder and nearby lightning and it is really impressive with my golf course view from my Florida room.

Very glad that I have lightning rods on the house. Makes me feel a lot safer.

not much in Charlotte
 

Only 0.3" in our rain gauges in Charlotte. :grumpy:

I felt safe in my home with lightning rods installed. It was a heavy rain storm. DS said about 3 inches of rain fell.

I have a healthy respect for Florida's thunderstorms as they can be violent!!!

We have lightning rods on our house in Missouri....several years ago...lightning struck those rods.....and the electromagnetic field took out everything electronic in the entire house...the phones, the tv's the computers, the guitar amp....anything with a microchip. But the house itself remained in tact.

I did not realize tha central Florida is called Lightning Alley! WOW!!!!

At the minimum, please ensure you have surge protection to protect all appliances and electronics. Some people don't believe in lightning rods but we do get violent storms, in the summer months.

I have 4 solar tubes and one storm last summer, made my home look like a disco, with lightning flashes.

You can buy a whole house surge protect @ Home Depot, It plugs into your panel, just like a circuit breaker-get one -its a no brainer.