Can we weather this hot topic?

OF late, thunderstorms have become a scary thing for me. A recent drive home through fierce rain with repeated lightning flashes and ear-splitting thunder left me quite unnerved.

And that was quite unexpected as I am no stranger to stormy weather since I am a person who has lived her whole life in the tropics. In fact, I used to be quite amused that people from temperate countries were so awed by tropical thunderstorms.