Just reading this now, as I was away for a long weekend with no internet... it was actually great to unhook for a while, but n ow I am glad to be back as well!! A nice break... I fully agree with you on the above, we will certainly screw it up on ourselves, I just hope we don't take too many other species with us when we do... Greed is the worst human quality, and that will be our downfall in the end I think...

That's freaky about the timing of the flash and then the thunder which you hadn't heard in so long... The earth is speaking to us!!