Love me a thunderstorm!

Pishta, I'm just a couple of miles from your SoCal location and agree 100% about last night's display. AWESOME!
My dog slept right through almost all of the lightning and thunder except for one exceptionally loud thunderclap that sounded like it was directly overhead. He had been in a back bedroom but right after that sounded off he was in front of me looking up at me like, "What was that?"
According to the web there were over 4,000 lightning strikes last night in SoCal.
If you watched Monday Night Football you heard the announcers say the start of the game was delayed 35 minutes because of a "weather delay".
A "weather delay" at a domed stadium? Yep, a nearby lightning strike knocked out power for the overhead scoreboard.
SOFI stadium has a translucent roof but open sides around the upper decks.
When my kids were very young and afraid of both lightning and thunder I told them the lightning was just God taking pictures and the thunder was God bowling.