Thunder and Ligntning

I was watching the storm clouds roll in as i was grilling our steaks for dinner. There was far off thunder that was coming closer. I was thinking that tonight's meat was going to be medium rare. Good thing we like it that way. And just after I brought the meat and grilled corn-on-the-cob into the kitchen, the lightning began moving in, too. Ka Boom! Mom and I had dinner with the celestial fireworks right utside the big picture window. The rain just poured down without remorse.
We could smell the ozone from the electrical discharge.

Dinner was delicious and the rain made it taste even better. Mom asked where I was going to feed the dog. She couldn't imagine me making him eat outside where he usually does.

Once I cleared the table after dessert, the rain quit as abruptly as it had started. I went to the back patio to fetch Shadow's dinner bowl. Just as I went outside, a huge lightning bolt struck a quarter mile away. It was a huge flash of light and an incredible boom. Now as a rule, I love these displays, but I don't want to be a crisp. And I certainly don't want the pooch to get zapped either.

I quickly retrieved the bowl and got his dinner and water bowl filled up and put into the garage. I led him out there and he looked like he felt he was being punished. He doesn't get the cause and effect yet. I explained in a calm voice that I didn't want to have him struck by lightning, but all he knew was he had to be banished to the garage. Sure, the food was out there, but he is such a social creature, he wants to with us all the time. Four legs eats outside, two legs eats insides, that's the way it is, Shadow.