Summer thunderstorms in south Florida terrified me when I first moved down here because of all the grounded lightning. I've nearly levitated a few times from the sudden very loud crack of thunder simultaneously with the bright flash of lightning hitting nearby. One time driving home from a late arriving flight in Ft Myers the sky stayed lit up almost continually with lightning all the way home. Funny thing is a lot of the storms that were supposed to hit us either went around or dissipated before hitting here. One was only a half mile down the road but no rain hit us, very noisy and bright with lightning but no rain here. The Tampa area gets most of those storms, not so much down here right now.
We will soon be getting them daily in the late afternoon to early evening which makes the nights horrifically humid and uncomfortable for about 3 months. The rest of the year isn't bad here. Decades ago I lived in Ft Lauderdale for 14 months and it was much more humid most of the year than it is here on the Gulf. I much prefer this side of the state.
I noticed the eastern Gulf is cooler than the Atlantic or Caribbean so maybe that will help us in western Florida...I hope.
I sincerely hope it goes elsewhere. We don't need any more trouble.
Summer thunderstorms in south Florida terrified me when I first moved down here because of all the grounded lightning. I've nearly levitated a few times from the sudden very loud crack of thunder simultaneously with the bright flash of lightning hitting nearby. One time driving home from a late arriving flight in Ft Myers the sky stayed lit up almost continually with lightning all the way home. Funny thing is a lot of the storms that were supposed to hit us either went around or dissipated before hitting here. One was only a half mile down the road but no rain hit us, very noisy and bright with lightning but no rain here. The Tampa area gets most of those storms, not so much down here right now.
We will soon be getting them daily in the late afternoon to early evening which makes the nights horrifically humid and uncomfortable for about 3 months. The rest of the year isn't bad here. Decades ago I lived in Ft Lauderdale for 14 months and it was much more humid most of the year than it is here on the Gulf. I much prefer this side of the state.