Dante expectantly ran to the window to see what was making all that noise! He looked very disappointed when he couldn't see anything. I jumped when a big boom went off and got an odd look from a ferret wandering by. We had a rainstorm around 2:30, it got very dark and the thunder started rolling. I was outside mowing the lawn. The rain poured down from the sky, I got drenched but I continued mowing the yard determined to finish the task at hand, that was till I got close to the tree. Now if I remember correctly trees and lightning don't go well together, so I relented and left the patch around the tree for another day. As I stepped through the door to the enclosure I was encased in ankle deep water. Might as well make good use of it so I grabbed the broom and swept the enclosure as clean as I could in ankle deep water. Where were the fuzzies? Standing at the back door in the dry entryway watching me and I swear I saw one or two shake their fuzzy little heads. Our neighborhood is very noisy during the July 4th celebration and all the fuzzies took it in stride. In fact I didn't notice any difference in their typical activity patterns. tle www.ferretfamilyservices.org [Posted in FML 5660]