🌿Until recently i’ve never consciously thought much about storms; I just made my peace with them over the years. Rain, snow, even wind storms — they rejuvenate the ecology and they rejuvenate me. They are part and driver of the natural rhythm of things. But ice storms? No. Ice storms dent things and break things, and I’ve never felt obliged to make peace with that kind of weather.
Weather cycles are changing storms are getting more powerful, more frequent. Is this a global warming at work, or an anomonly ?
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Have to say i respect storms, they are dangerous, they are also beautiflu, rejuvination, thrilling and scary, and a big part of survival for all living things.
o beautiful
We, have had a great many storms lately. once i was awakened by thunder sounding like the roar of a volcano, to watch the streaks of fierce electric spiderwebs across the sky, rain that pelts the roof of this ancient house and it pours past the windows, like so many waterfalls. More water, something we really didn't need. This has been one humid and rainy summer and my tomato plants are just not pleased because of that. Nor am i!!
Rainstorms do refresh the soil and keep the greenery growing, thus lowering the risk of fire. The "Dust Bowl' which was caused, in part,by the use of damaging farming practices began in 1930 and was made even worse by the droughts which followed, leaving large areas of ground with no vegetation to prevent the wind from using the loose soil to scour the bare ground.
Lightening fixes the nitrogen to the soil, it also free up nitrogen that is carried to the ground by rain.
Snow covers the ground keeping the soil from drying that can cause heaving that will up root trees and plants, causing perenial plant roots, tubers and bulbs to become exposed thus damaging and possibly killing them. This works for both domestic and wild growing trees and vegitation. Snow melt also releases the nitrogen it collects from falling thru the air into the soil. they don't call it a blanket of snow for no reason as it is also used tomoderate the temperature of the soil also impor, tant to the overwintering tree bulbs and perenials. and lets not forget it breaks down organic materials returning thier nutrients to the soil.
Wind storms, are invigorating, to some, like me who just like to lean on the wind and or fly kites. It is not fiction, but spring winds do strengthen tree limbs using the prosess called 
thigmomorphogenesis,the wind is sorta causing the tree to strech it's muscles, actually limb strength, thuse i limb joints, making the wood denser, it causes "reaction wood growth"branch joint stimulating root strength as the tree moves with the wind, also tree and limb girth. wind also slows the vertical growth of trees.
Storms, snow storms, winter storms....brrrrrrr.
Ice storms, really do have a place, Nature is like that. Yes, it really is! Must admit it took me awhile to find a use for them, but it urns out there are many. Wind storms churn the atmospher, , scatter seeds and prune damaged, dying and diseased tree limbs. though it may appear as destruction, it can help a tree survive and or open up the canopy for new trees to thrive.
