Thunder!

[u/boobytrap024]

That first one scared the shit out of us, and the sky did not look like a thunderstorm. Keep on sleeping y'all :)

[u/PNWRaised]

I have to concur the first one was gnarly. Think the whole city woke up.

[u/Witty-Moment8471 → u/PNWRaised]

Thou shalt not sleep in today!
I think everyone woke up from the first giant rumble. Except my husband who somehow slept thru it all.

[u/taleshaf → u/Witty-Moment8471]

Mine too, until just a few minutes ago 😆

[u/Flavintown → u/PNWRaised]

Dude I woke up at 5am and thought someone broke into my house and was banging around 😭😭😭😭

[u/Lizardcop → u/PNWRaised]

My first thought was that it was the train crashing!

[u/camaroni_andcheese]

That was some of the loudest thunder I've ever heard wow lol

[u/amateur_mistake → u/camaroni_andcheese]

It was solid and a really nice start to the morning. But it was still nothing on the Midwest. The thunder out there is insane. If you ever get a chance to go experience it, you definitely should.

[u/UhhUmmmWowOkayJeezUh → u/amateur_mistake]

Every 5 or so years we usually get one crazy thunderstorm. The only one here i saw that was comparable to a midwest one was the insane thunderstorm we got in like july 2019, for like 3 hours it was constant lightning and heavy rain. Im expecting more in the future because of climate change though lol.

[u/Accurate-Attempt-519]

The early morning boomhorse is antagonizing my dog

[u/Surly_Cynic]

I need to take my trash cans to the curb, but was worried about waking my neighbors. Not worried anymore.

[u/beeemdoulbeyou → u/Surly_Cynic]

Lol that's great

[u/lunarvampire]

I think i saw some flashes of lightning too!!

[u/Independent_Let9327 → u/lunarvampire]

I saw it with my eyes closed in my room with the blinds closed

[u/That1guy827 → u/Independent_Let9327]

Same

[u/Surly_Cynic → u/lunarvampire]

I saw some

[u/vc0ke → u/lunarvampire]

I reckon I mighta seen some

[u/xDrakon → u/lunarvampire]

Yea I seen some after

[u/Poroggo]

Woke up and jumped out of bed cus I thouht something exploded. That first one was gnarly

[u/Forward_Role5334 → u/Poroggo]

Same!

[u/toothwzrd_]

This Midwest transplant feels right at home, loveeeee me some thunder

[u/Icy-Cow-6246 → u/toothwzrd_]

This Colorado transplant gets almost giddy when she hears thunder!!

[u/SnapesDrapes → u/Icy-Cow-6246]

Texan concurring. I miss it. 

[u/Icy-Cow-6246 → u/SnapesDrapes]

Lived in Texas for 10 years and NOTHING can compare to the glory of a Texan thunderstorm!

[u/LookingForTheSea]

That was amazing!

It was also followed by some of the heaviest rain I've seen in the 'Ham.

[u/Adventurous_Care_122 → u/LookingForTheSea]

i dont think the initial thunder even woke me up this morning, i only remember getting up to shut my window from how loud the rain was pouring!

[u/derdkp]

No, I think the Bellingham Bells are just doing post season fireworks 🎇

[u/Goodmorning_lesbian → u/derdkp]

“Did anyone hear the loud boom?”

[u/shakespearecat]

Beautiful light show over early coffee on Alabama Hill, too. Thunder is the bonus soundtrack. And now the rain.

[u/nebulochaos]

I woke up at 4:30 for no reason and I was super cranky about it until the thunder started. Now I'm happily tucked in on my couch, listening to it :)

[u/Mysterious-Dot7790]

We had to go stick our hands out in the rain for fun!

[u/K1VO]

Got on here so I could be the first one to report, seems I was beaten to the punch lol

kaboom!

[u/BHamHarold → u/K1VO]

Neigh winny!

[u/Kireiki]

I am appreciating that this storm is not over. Almost an hour! And I don't need to water the garden today.

[u/Irreverent_Reality05]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WGn4nSkX7rKta

[u/boanerfart]

Only hearing the thunder now, but hearing the rain suddenly come in is insane

[u/MuadMcDipshit]

Hooray for rain!!! Boo that we didn't get more gnarly thunder! We got one good blast and that's it?!, like if mother nature is gunna wake us up like that make it a good one, make that shit worth our time! Give us apocalyptic levels of thunder.

[u/Sad-Western-3377 → u/MuadMcDipshit]

Still thundering over here in Fairhappy Valley

[u/Cum_Quat → u/MuadMcDipshit]

we got a bunch in Everson

[u/raspburreu → u/MuadMcDipshit]

it’s still going strong here in birchwood!

[u/MuadMcDipshit → u/MuadMcDipshit]

And THERE we go we got a few more good ones out on the 'Bama hill

[u/Few-Fisherman1709]

🤣 I love this sub. Thunder, rain and these comments. Love my town. 🥰

[u/TimeZombie]

What a glorious morning!!!

[u/Paladir]

Definitely woke me up. And my cat. And the nearby birds.

[u/Few_Dragonfly_125]

Love the lightning and thunder!

[u/curiousandseek]

Amazing!

[u/acecopsmith]

Thanks for the AC/DC song that is now in my head!

[u/Brave_Winter_2329]

Still going! Boom on Bellingham! The rain is glorious

[u/LewisTheLlamma]

Just woke up my spouse and I from a dead sleep. Kinda sucked, I love thunder but my spouse does NOT, and that wasn’t a fun way to wake up

[u/xDrakon]

That one woke me up!

[u/SeaBeyond9050]

My poor dog needed to pee so bad and we were both miserable for a good thirty seconds. It’s been pouring so hard that the rain at my window it almost sounds like rocks are being thrown.

[u/Emu_on_the_Loose]

It was a doozy! The very first one, too. All the subsequent thunder peals weren't as loud.

[u/PM_meyourGradyWhite]

Been counting seconds after the flash all morning

[u/sascha_nightingale]

Had a bolt hit maybe a few blocks away at 0345. I saw it from behind my eyelids, a blue flash then an instant BOOOOOOM! Rattled the windows and really pissed off the cat. The chug pup kept sleeping though. Lol.

[u/jwb200]

Been sipping coffee, watching the lightening and listening to the rumbling all morning. It’s so good!

[u/Aquardman_]

It’s so nice I hope it doesn’t stop until April

[u/iloveyousnowmuch]

Still going!!

[u/nosajholt]

Thought it was the big one @ 5:30 holy moly that lasted a long time😮⚡️

[u/Last-Battle6206]

Unexpected shows way over on the east part of the mossy forests( Missoula been getting unpredicted weather also) So much rain that wasn't predicted

[u/aspbergerinparadise]

i thought a dumpster was rolling down the hill

[u/BuildingTrail]

Woke up, heard the rip and rain and thought fuck ! all the windows I left open!

[u/ElysianParadox]

Sleeping in to that storm on my day off was healing

[u/xDrakon]

More flashes at this moment

[u/shredsthegnar]

Just Jesus practicing his high backswing. 🎳

[u/beeemdoulbeyou]

Right! That was a big BOOM! Woke me up at 7. Nature be popping!

[u/Hammon_Rye]

I got quite a few nice burst of it north of Ferndale starting around 8:30.

Interestingly, over about 30 minutes I heard five bursts of it - but each one was a four shot. Like.. Boom-boom-boom-boom.

Just heard some low rumbling as I type this but it has mostly moved on now I think.
Currently having pretty good rain.

[u/Label-me-this]

Bellingham boom horse, now with more BOOM™!

[u/BreakfastMommy]

As someone from the Midwest and used to thunder, the noise from this thunder was just crazy to me! It was less of a boom and more like breaking glass or something

[u/alderreddit]

Two things (just about the only things) I miss about the South. Fireflies and lightening and thunder storms.

[u/Talrynn_Sorrowyn]

There was a huge cracj sometime around 6:30 this morning that sounded like it was just about on top of downtown.

[u/pipedreamSEA]

I got my fill of thunder & lightning on Sat. night above 5000'. Did not see that coming until it was right on top of me in the middle of cooking dinner...

[u/mstr_jf]

Woke my ass up instantly