The BIG Bang

As we have had some very heavy showers this afternoon I have not been able to get out into the garden to do anything which is very frustrating. I had been to the surgery this morning for a check-up and was still feeling deflated because the medication has had to be tweaked again and I've been told not to worry about my weight gain. I was really upset about this because I am nearly three stone heavier than I was at the start of all this.
Anyway, I have been eating salads almost every day for the last goodness knows how many weeks and although I like salads, I decided to make a chicken Jalfrezi for tonight. I got all the ingredients together and prepared the spices and other things to make the paste then sat down and did some reading and forward planning for some meals when Eden comes to stay at the end of next week. She will be here for her week's 'holiday' and we like to try different things because she likes to help in the kitchen.
At around five o'clock, I went back out into the kitchen and started to prepare the vegetables and chicken for the curry and I noticed that the heavy shower had stopped and everything was extremely quiet, which is quite unusual. Then there was a huge blinding flash followed very quickly by the loudest clap of thunder I have ever heard. It made me jump about two feet into the air and I think it was right overhead. I did wonder if the roof was still on but as it hadn't fallen on me I thought it must be still there! The thunder rumbled on for about a quarter of an hour and then stopped.
At least I wasn't the only one who 'took off' because one of the presenters on the local television news has just said that he did the same, then he presented the weatherman for tomorrow's forecast which is supposed to be better.