I was driving toward Nederland the other day and was on the last straightaway before you get to town, on the north end. It was a torrential downpour. I had my headphones on, listening to the Mike Rosen podcast.

I see a blinding flash to my right and an immediate BOOOOOOOOOM! that scared the shit out of me, even with the headphones on. A treetop maybe 30 yards into the woods just exploded. Branches flew off of it in all directions.

I never saw that before. So cool, but a little freaky too.