Nature's way of having a braai (barbeque)

Waking up to a real thunderstorm on Tuesday morning was stunning. Not a common occurrence in Cape Town, it was really good to hear rolling thunder and seeing lightning light up the room. By the time my family had all staggered through to the kitchen for breakfast, unfortunately the storm had passed, so rather short lived.However the storm had not passed the attention of James my three year old. His first question to me when we came into the kitchen was 'What was that noise when we were waking up in the morning?'

James was born in Cape Town and therefore has been completely oblivious to the fact that thunder and lightning exist. Between myself and the rest of the family we managed to explain to James what is was. It turned out to be quite a lengthy discussion lasting up until the last school drop off.

Anyway, as the day progressed, it turned out that the Cape Town firefighters had a tough time on Tuesday putting out 13 fires caused by the lightning. After picking the lads up from school that afternoon, because of our morning discussion, I mentioned to the lads about all the fires. This of course sparked another discussion about what happened to the animals in the fire etc. At that point I nearly cracked myself up because I ended the conversation by stating that fires caused by lightning was natures way of having a braai. My eldest boys killed themselves laughing and that was it, subject closed.