The intensity of a storm on the 401 last night was mind blowing. I watched it approach as I headed east. The sky was the colour of Lake Superior along the north coast... green and blue and churning. Suddenly it was on top of me, the lightening arced over the 4 lanes of traffic which had come to a standstill. The lightening would flash and immediately was followed by the thunder which reverberated through my car. Amazing. I actually shouted aloud (no one else was in the car) WoooHooo!! As suddenly as it began, it stopped. I got off the hwy to head south and the post-storm light was odd. It made the fields of winter wheat glow golden and eerie. The whole experience was surreal... and amazing. The sheer force of nature-- how could we possibly be so ridiculous to think we are more than visitors on this earth??