Why does it feel so cozy / comfy / scary sitting in the house in a thunderstorm so strong that the thunder shakes the house, down to the couch you're sitting on, and the lightening knocks out the power every 20 minutes?

Not sure, something primal I suppose. Nothing beats a good thunderstorm in the evening though.

Eddie Rabbitt – I Love a Rainy Night
You are not alone. Few people don’t enjoy it so it must be something far back in our DNA.
It’s all fun and games until the water starts leaking in.

Maybe because you grew up in tornado central? Feels familiar, and maybe a time when the family felt together?

Maybe back in the cave days it was a time that we didn’t have to be alert about predators, because they were taking shelter too.

I don’t feel that way during a storm. An all day rain once in a while can feel cozy, in the sense that I might do very little that day if I can get away with it.

*Lightning

For me, it triggers that delicious sense memory of earliest childhood, when having my family around me made me feel cared for and therefore safe.

Damn it @jonsblond! I was actually thinking about your FB comment when I started to spell it. I automatically spelled it right the first time, then got to thinking about it, and what you said, and then I spelled it wrong! Blame it on the beer. MODS!

I love when the power goes out for an hour or two, which doesn’t happen enough to suit me. Then we play cards by candle light and tell stories. It’s always anticlimactic when the power suddenly switches on, and our dark, cozy world is flooded by a spot light.

After having no power for 12 days after Sandy, I don’t need any more power outages, thank you. And living alone makes it less fun too.

However, I do enjoy a good storm. I was in France once and we had a dinner of roasted lamb in a cave. At the end of the evening there was a thunderstorm that we had to run back to our van in and it was a thrilling experience. One of the highlights of my life.

I like @JLeslie ‘s theory: during the lightning storms predators took cover so everyone could relax a bit and shelter in place.
I feel the same way during a big snow storm.

It does feel primal, doesn’t it.

Nobody should feel comfy in Kansas during a storm. Move away Dutchess….. There’s Bowing in lots of places.

Bowing? People would, like, bow to me in other places?

Boeing? Forgot how to spell it.

Oh, Boeing! LOL! Yeah, I used to work there. I was raised in a Boeing family. My dad was upper management. My sister works there, also in upper management. Boatloads of cousins in Washington state work there. However, one cousin up and quit her cozy Boeing job when she got some unexpected money.

Kansas storms are an adventure! I love them. Except when they scare the living shit out of me, like they have a handful of times over the last 50 years.

When you end up in Oz, remember you could have moved…Follow the yellow brick road…

Yeah, and everybody should move out of California and everyone should evacuate Wyoming and all the states bordering Yellowstone National Park because of the super volcano there. Nobody should live in Alaska, ever. Or Hawaii, or Japan. Or Florida.

Duthess , I’ve never been to Kansas. My only reference is the Wizard of Oz. Are you implying ,through sarcasm, that there is some sort of flaw in my logic?~~

You must be BRAVE to live in Kansas. :D

^Then I’m a coward. Why do they build houses above ground there? Why not a giant tornado proof super city?

That would be no fun! However, it’s pretty much a given that if you buy a house without a basement, or a “hidey hole,” here, you’re nuts.

And people who live in trailers are nuts. Around here trailers are known as “tornado bait.”

^I’d like to start a thread on that.Thanks Dutchess.

You go!