Thunderstorm

Right now I'm sitting on a padded deck chair enjoying a tropical thunderstorm. I'm on the water side of the ship, so the view is limited to blackness punctuated by lightning and the lights of a few passing boats. The rain is clearly not Oregon rain. For one thing, there's way too much of it. It's dripping -- no, it's pouring off overhead structures. Then there's the thunder, which is seriously loud, which makes me indefensibly happy. I am about to run out of battery, so you will have to imagine the rest of this Brazilian downpour on your own. I'm going to sit here for another few minutes and watch it subside.