That's interesting. She could feel the vibrations, a replacement
perception in a sensory deprived world. Or just a cat communicating with
the mother ship under conditions that are typically free from satellite
traffic via airplanes and such :)

Grace

No hearing problem. She spends most of the day outside so is just used to
being where all the action is I guess!!!

 Jazz doesn't even know there's a thunderstorm with lightning. I think our
house is very well insulated. At least when there's a storm outside and he's
sleeping he just sleeps through the whole thing. I've even seen him looking
out the sliding glass doors to the outside when there's a thunderstorm. He
seems to like looking at the rain.
 Jazz's mama
 --

 Irulan
 from the stars we came, to the stars we return
 from now until the end of time

 > Gizela wrote:
 > > Does anyone else cat/s act abnormal druing thunderstorms? I'd be
interested
 > > to ear any stories!!
 >
 > Xoxo used to be terrified of thunder. We think it was because he knew it
 > meant water and cold. Anyhow, slowly he's managed to overcome his fear.
 > It used to be that at the first sound of thunder he'll run hide under a
 > bed. Now he just perks his ears and makes sure he's dry... ;-)
 >
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We don't have many serious thunder storms in Norway. The worst threat
towards nervous cats and d*gs in Norway, is the New Year's Eve fireworks. I
know that some people have to sedate their pets to keep them calm during
that night.

This year I stayed at home with my cats on New Year's Eve, and I saw their
reaction to the noise outside. Teti parked himself next to the window,
trying to figure out if these sounds were something he could do anything
about. Tin?viel, his mother, was a bit more nervous. She looked at me, as if
she was asking "Should I go and hide under the bed?" But I just talked
calmly to her, saying that it was nothing to be afraid of... She relaxed and
jumped onto my lap instead. And fell asleep!

It's nice to have cats that are both brave and able to communicate with
their human slave...

Aw, that's cute! Smudge *hates* to be towelled off. If she comes in all
wet and I get out the towel, I have to hold her down to get her at least
a little bit dry. Then I let her finish the job.

Joyce

Muddy has a similar reaction to rain, he hasn't the sense to come in out of
it, the number of times he comes in dripping wet and leaves big fat muddy
foot prints around the house, doh! Funnily enough, he got his name for an
entirely different reason, as a kitten he was very vocal when he thought he
wasn't getting his just deserts, always singing the Blues, so I named him
after Muddy Waters. But as time went by it became clear that Muddy was a
great name for him for other reasons as well ;-)

Rocky's smart.  He knows he's onto a good thing.

Pam S.

Maybe his nickname should be Rainman? :) Not because he doesn't mind storms,
but because he's so obsessively observant about minute changes in specific
issues of interest to him?

Joyce

Ha!  I can relate so much!  Around here it's really noisy all the time.
Traffic, air traffic, dogs barking, kids screaming in the neighbourhood,
fans and aircon, TV on, etc.  It's just not a quiet environment.
My mom was shocked when she visited me.  She lives in a very quiet area in
Victoria, BC where the silence is almost deafening.  She thought it was
horribly noisy here.  But we're so used to it that when we go home to
Canada, it is too quiet and we can't sleep.  I swear, when we move away from
here, we will have to get one of those white noise machines for the bedroom
in order to be able to sleep!
--
Britta
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

Don't you soemtimes just want a hidden camcorder? Iknow I do. They always
*seem* to have been deeply asleep the entire time I've been home but then, I
find fuzzy balls in the bed or in a shoe, or some strange slightly out of
whack furniture displacement. It always makes me laugh.

Karen