Hurricane Hector is not even a tropical storm.

[ElysianWort]

That had to be the loudest thunderbolt I've ever heard.

I heard similar reports from other friends. It was striking near their houses too.

Hector flicked a storm strand our way with his little finger as he passed south of us.

Can you imagine if it hit us head-on with a mass of that lightning and rain in addition to the wind>? [:0]

[Durian Fiend]

? Still a hurricane and could transform into a western pacific typhoon if it keeps going long enough.