If you weren't glued to the Women's Event Finals in the Floor Exercise at the Olympics tonight like we were, you might have seen a pretty cool lightning storm in the sky to the East of the city. Thankfully our windows lit up so we caught it. Unlike most lightning storms around here, this one lit up the clouds and included a bunch of beautiful bolts. (Our wife says it's the first time she's seen......

Photo courtesy of Adam Lyon Lightning, thunder, and heavy rains are beautiful and exciting, particularly to us in the Pacific Northwest who get to witness them so infrequently. When a storm comes in we always hope we're near a window (or camping, so said people on the bus this morning) so that we can catch random glimpses of nature's fireworks. Other people react differently, though. When a storm whips up Dad, back in Illinois, mans......