The Storm

The storm came in fast from the North, constantly picking up speed. The thunder rolled across the plains and into the small town, becoming louder and louder second by second. Down came bright flashes of light that were gone just as soon as they came. These were immediately followed by great roars of thunder that shook the town. The dark sky of the storm cracked open once more over the small town and down came a bolt of lightning right upon a great oak on the edge of a main street. The lightning tore the great trunks right open with a loud crack and the rumble of splintering wood over several seconds. The tree fractured into two great halves down the middle before the side hanging over the road ripped downward through the air and into the power lines. As the impact of tree’s destruction reverberated off the buildings the lights across town shut down one by one. The town was plunged into the complete darkness of the storm.

The great storm, picking up speed now, came crashing through the town and released a torrential downpour. The heavy drops came in fast and strong, whipped into a downpour by the great winds. The rain only added to the great rumble of thunder that never let in. The storm's winds belted around the town with such tremendous force that the all the windows vibrated violently from the pressure. The bleak sky that had been blocking the sun turned into a massive cloud of darkness, alternating between lighter shades of gray and dark shades of gray. The immense storm’s sky lay connected by bright blue lines of lightning unleashing cracks of lightning and thunder ever few seconds.

The storm reached its climax as an even larger bolt of lightning streaked across the dark sky and struck town hall. The immediate seconds after the bolt were filled with pin-drop silence, before the great roar of thunder finally caught up and slammed into the buildings of the town. It boomed along the streets for a good ten seconds before turning into an echo and rolling away. By the time the crack of thunder let down, the rain had lightened up considerably. It let in from a torrent to a light rain and the wind came down considerably. Just as quick as the storm had been in arriving and unleashing tremendous force it had left. The steady boom of thunder died away, and the dark clouds of the storm passed overhead and beyond the town. The storm died away within a matter of seconds, and out came the intensely missed sun.