Ferocious thunderstorms today. My boss was in Pittsburgh at a conference, and we were e-mailing--he asked how the weather was, as they had to fly home from the east. Told him that at the time, it was darker than the inside of a boot, with simultaneous thunder and lightning. Just then there was this huge flash and crash, and the fire alarms in the building went on. Told him that the building had been hit by lightning, the fire alarms were on, gotta go, bye. Then everyone went outside, as we are supposed to do. No fire, but the lightning strike had activated the alarms. When we were finally permitted back inside, I saw e-mail from my boss that said, IS EVERYTHING OKAY????? Made me laugh!