> Though my perception is they're getting rarer and shorter. This does not match my anecdotal experience. I did a lot of camping as a kid in during the summers

> Though my perception is they're getting rarer and shorter. This does not match my anecdotal experience. I did a lot of camping as a kid in during the summers in Kansas and had the "pleasure" of riding out many a thunderstorm huddled in a tent (or in a concrete latrine if there was hail/tornados). Several years ago, I once again found myself camping in a raging prairie thunderstorm (thanks to being more focused on the girl I was with than on the forecast) and the experience was surprising familiar... Oh well, she ended up marrying me, so worked out in the end!