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Calming sounds of storms are great to relax to, reading a book or having a rainy day activity are quite nice. However, storms are loved probably because when i

Calming sounds of storms are great to relax to, reading a book or having a rainy day activity are quite nice. However, storms are loved probably because when it storms predators are also hiding, it is a moment of peace in the animal kingdom. It also means that the ecosystem is getting life from water, plants will grow and there will be food to eat. Just like the Sun rising everyday, it is comforting to have something that contributes to being alive show up.

mlthoughts2018 7y ago
I also wonder if some of the blissfulness is from modern amenities that protect us from storms, like strong houses or cars. It may not have been so blissful scrambling up a tree on the savanna or hiding in a cave where other predators might take refuge. For storms this is a maybe but for bad winter weather, I think it’s likely. Hard to see why we would find winter weather calming except by contrast to safe, warm protections surrounding us. The romantic ideal of being in outer space aboard a ship like the Enterprise is similar too.
- aflag 7y ago
  The only mildly concerning thing about a thunderstorm in a hot weather are the lightings, which very rarely actually hit anything. It's actually nice to get some time out of the excruciating heat.
  - mlthoughts2018 7y ago
    Flash floods, mudslides, hail, wind damage, fallen trees to name a few others
  - seren 7y ago
    If you are a farmer, that can get his whole harvest ruined in a few minutes, you are not likely to find the storm very soothing.
  - Yetanfou 7y ago
    When I moved into a 17th century farm in the Swedish countryside I quickly learned to dread the sound of thunder, especially when not at home. The reason was to be found in the rather ancient and dilapidated power and telephone distribution networks which lacked - and still lack - things like overcurrent protection. The effect this gave on anything electronic in the house was, to put it mildly, not pretty. Lightning did not have to strike the power or telephone line, it was enough for a strike anywhere near one of these to cause an electronic-frying pulse to be delivered. I had a stack of ADSL modems to swap out fried ones after which I repaired or 'fixed' (as in disabled fried non-essential bits) those which weren't beyond fixing and added them back to the stack. When I finally got tired of repairing fried pieces of equipment I installed my own overcurrent protection system on the incoming power line after which the misery stopped. Initially it stopped because of the sudden and suspicious absence of thunderstorms, leading to all sorts of superpowers being ascribed to that grey metal cabinet I hung on the wall. Now, with that box and a glassfiber connection instead of the old copper phone line Thor is mostly welcome again, just as long as he refrains from starting forest fires - of which we've had 2 this summer, not on but ever closer to our land...
    - xamuel 7y ago
      Reminds me of back in the late 90s, any time there was a thunderstorm, the clerks at the public library would go around and unplug all the computers. Anguish and misery for all us kids awaiting our turns on the precious internet terminals we'd signed up for hours in advance.
Balanceinfinity 7y ago
For those of us who are introverts, being inside on a stormy evening means we don't have to justify why we're not going out - only a fool would go out. And we know no one will come by. So we lock our door and enjoy the sound of raindrops on the roof, as we inhale the solitude.

mlthoughts2018 7y ago

I also wonder if some of the blissfulness is from modern amenities that protect us from storms, like strong houses or cars. It may not have been so blissful scrambling up a tree on the savanna or hiding in a cave where other predators might take refuge. For storms this is a maybe but for bad winter weather, I think it’s likely. Hard to see why we would find winter weather calming except by contrast to safe, warm protections surrounding us. The romantic ideal of being in outer space aboard a ship like the Enterprise is similar too.

aflag 7y ago
The only mildly concerning thing about a thunderstorm in a hot weather are the lightings, which very rarely actually hit anything. It's actually nice to get some time out of the excruciating heat.
- mlthoughts2018 7y ago
  Flash floods, mudslides, hail, wind damage, fallen trees to name a few others
- seren 7y ago
  If you are a farmer, that can get his whole harvest ruined in a few minutes, you are not likely to find the storm very soothing.
- Yetanfou 7y ago
  When I moved into a 17th century farm in the Swedish countryside I quickly learned to dread the sound of thunder, especially when not at home. The reason was to be found in the rather ancient and dilapidated power and telephone distribution networks which lacked - and still lack - things like overcurrent protection. The effect this gave on anything electronic in the house was, to put it mildly, not pretty. Lightning did not have to strike the power or telephone line, it was enough for a strike anywhere near one of these to cause an electronic-frying pulse to be delivered. I had a stack of ADSL modems to swap out fried ones after which I repaired or 'fixed' (as in disabled fried non-essential bits) those which weren't beyond fixing and added them back to the stack. When I finally got tired of repairing fried pieces of equipment I installed my own overcurrent protection system on the incoming power line after which the misery stopped. Initially it stopped because of the sudden and suspicious absence of thunderstorms, leading to all sorts of superpowers being ascribed to that grey metal cabinet I hung on the wall. Now, with that box and a glassfiber connection instead of the old copper phone line Thor is mostly welcome again, just as long as he refrains from starting forest fires - of which we've had 2 this summer, not on but ever closer to our land...
  - xamuel 7y ago
    Reminds me of back in the late 90s, any time there was a thunderstorm, the clerks at the public library would go around and unplug all the computers. Anguish and misery for all us kids awaiting our turns on the precious internet terminals we'd signed up for hours in advance.

Balanceinfinity 7y ago

For those of us who are introverts, being inside on a stormy evening means we don't have to justify why we're not going out - only a fool would go out. And we know no one will come by. So we lock our door and enjoy the sound of raindrops on the roof, as we inhale the solitude.