Thunder is a totally different beast out here than it was at home. In Oregon, thunder is a low rumbling. A big thunder storm means the rumbling is louder. Here, thunder sounds like angry gods warming up by snapping huge trees in half, then moving on to breaking handfuls of trees at a time, then doing more of the same, but with a microphone and an amp set to 11.

The idea of thunder as the sounds made by gods makes a whole lot more sense to me now than it did in Oregon.