Mommy and Daddy, where do thunder and lightning come from?
” If you’ve ever been asked this question chances are you will answer in one of two ways. For those more analytical among us, one might launch into an explanation of cloud formations, airborne moisture and wind currents caused by high and low pressure centers running into each other and the interaction of those polarities in creating voltage. It’s about this time that the eyes of the child glaze over and as the next bolt descends and the thunder peals the fear and fascination that spurred the question return. Then of course there are those that take the more simplified and ethereal approach: “Honey, it’s just the angels bowling. There’s nothing to be afraid of.” If instead you tried what the moms and dads of the Migration and Viking eras used to explain this phenomenon, you might actually make the child feel good about thunder and lightning and look forward to the next thunderstorm. According to Norse Mythology, THOR rode through the heavens on a golden chariot pulled by two large ench
