Storms,Cloudbursts,Thunder & Lightning!

[Darrell71]

I've used that one countless times, so can't blame you!

[Poppy]

I thought so!

[pete9012S]

Thanks Loony!

1. The Castle of Adventure
2. Five On a Hike Together
3. Five Go Down To The Sea
4. Five on a Secret Trail
5. Five on a Treasure Island
6. The Secret Island
7. The Valley of Adventure
8. Second Form at Malory Towers
9. The Rockingdown Mystery
10.The Adventurous Four.
11. The Secret of Killimooin
12. Circus Days Again
13. The Circus of Adventure

Have we missed any storms in the books, or have we got them all listed??

[Anita Bensoussane]

Joan Townsend is out in a storm in The Naughtiest Girl in the School.

[pete9012S]

Thanks Anita.
Here's the description of the storm in The Secret Island:

Mike hung the lantern up on a nail he had put
in the roof. It swung there, giving a dim but cheerful light to the little party
huddled inside Willow House.

“This really feels like a house now,” said Nora, pleased. “I do like it. It’s
very cosy. Not a drop of rain is coming through our roof or the walls.”
“And not a scrap of wind!” said Jack. “That shows how well we packed the
walls with heather and bracken. Listen to the wind howling outside! We
shouldn’t like to be out in that! What a good thing we’ve got Willow House to
live in! Our outdoor bedroom wouldn’t be at all comfortable to-night!”

The thunderstorm broke overhead. The thunder crashed around as if
someone were moving heavy furniture up in the sky.
“Hallo! Someone’s dropped a wardrobe, I should think!” said Jack, when
an extra heavy crash came!
“And there goes a grand piano tumbling down the stairs!” said Mike, at
another heavy rumble. Everyone laughed. Really, the thunderstorm did sound
exactly like furniture being thrown about.

The lightning flashed brightly, lighting up the inside of Willow House.
Nora was not sure that she liked it. She cuddled up to Mike. “I feel a bit
frightened,” she said.
“Don’t be silly!” said Mike. “You’re as bad as those women trippers over
the bats! There’s nothing to be frightened of. A storm is a grand thing. We’re
perfectly safe here.”

“A storm is just a bit of weather being noisy!” laughed Jack. “Cheer up,
Nora. We’re all right. You can think you’re lucky you’re not Daisy the cow.
After all, we do know that a storm is only a storm, but she doesn’t.”
Crash! Rumble! Crash! The thunder roared away, and the children made a
joke of it, inventing all kinds of furniture tumbling about the sky, as each crash
came. The lightning flashed, and each time Jack said, “Thanks very much! The
sky keeps striking matches, and the wind keeps blowing them out!”

Even Nora laughed, and soon she forgot to be frightened. The rain pelted
down hard, and the only thing that worried Jack was whether or not a rivulet of
rain might find its way into Willow House and run along the floor on which
they were sitting. But all was well. No rain came in at all.
Gradually the storm died away, and only the pitter-patter of raindrops
falling from the trees could be heard, a singing, liquid sound. The thunder went
farther and farther away. The lightning flashed for the last time. The storm was
over.

[Anjalli]

In the 'Happy House Children Again', there was a storm with rain, thunder and lighting. Ms. Plum's nephew and niece Tommy and Betty were staying with her for a bit but they were not very nice to the Happy House children. They told lies to Ms. Plum about them and she was upset with them. So the Happy House Children wanted to go and convince Tommy and Betty to tell Ms. Plum that it was all lies they were telling her. That was when the storm started ---heavy rain, lighting and thunder. Tommy and Betty were afraid of the storm and hid under the bed.