I lived for a number of years on the tiny island of
Okinawa,
Japan.
My apartment faced the East China sea from the seventh floor, about 50 meters to the beach. It was beautiful to watch the sunsets in the summertime. I could see forever from there.
When a storm comes up from the south pacific...
Think Gilligan's Island.
Lightning, wind, rain, ceaseless thunder, ripping the sky apart. I would watch as thunder storms towering forty thousand feet in the air bore down on our miniscule island.
The power and majesty of a massive storm is almost hypnotic.