Thunderstorm

I've tried not to become a "jaded New Yorker" in the time since I've moved to the city. Still, fewer and fewer things really surprise me. There's still numerous things I haven't done or seen, but many of them I've at least heard of. Today, however, I was pleasantly surprised.

I was in Times Square on my way home from work. I've recently started walking to the subway station there instead of Herald Square because, strangely, I run into fewer tourists that way. This afternoon, the sky was black  and the clouds looked as though they would burst at any moment. Thunder began to clap and was immediately followed by lightning. (Did I mention that I love thunderstorms?) I headed down into the subway just as massive raindrops began to fall.

Usually it's ridiculously difficult to hear anything when you're underground. Subways are not the quietest of places by any means. Today, however, as I was waiting for the train I heard a loud clap of thunder. It was amazing to hear thunder while underground. Suddenly, I heard rain falling above my head. Then, mist started to fall through the grates above the tracks from the rain above. Finally, rain started to fall underground. It was one of the craziest, surprising, and most amazing things I've seen yet.

I realize that there's really something wrong when it's raining underground. And, as someone with a fear of dripping water, I really shouldn't be awed by this phenomenom. Still, there was something magical about hearing thunder and seeing rain underground.

Thanks, NYC, for surprising me again.