There was a big thunderstorm last week on Wednesday and it lasted all day and half of the night.
The storm was moving very slowly and we had a lot of lightning and thunder.
We regularly have lightning from storms, but there were boats crashing everywhere around the house. There were a couple of times when I told the kids to sit underneath the table. I was worried that a bolt of lightning would hit a tree. Things were especially hairy after it got dark, because I couldn’t see anything outside. Around 2:00 in the morning, I was sleeping. All of the kids were in the bedroom with me. They were on the floor and sleeping bags. It wasn’t very warm inside of the house, so the air conditioner wasn’t running at the time. I heard a very loud crash and then thunder and lightning. Then I heard another crashing sound that was close to the house. The crashing sound was so close that I was scared. I ran outside without putting on my galoshes and rain jacket. It was still pouring pretty hard. The lightning caused a tree in the backyard to fall. The tree fell right on top of the outdoor air conditioner. The machine was dented badly and I could see that the wires looked damaged too. I knew that I was going to have to call the repair service in the morning. I decided to shut off the power to the air conditioner. I toggled the switch to the thermostat and I also shut off the fuse. In the morning I called a repair service and a tree trimming company.