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Hmm. That was exciting.
I took my umbrella with me to university today, since it was drizzling a bit when I set out. Supervised the 9AM class, and spent most of it on IRC (my students are just that good), beat my head against the protocol bridge I'm working on some more, and eventually set out for home. I tend to walk that route quite fast, since I'm normally quite hungry and want to get something to eat: net result, I build up quite a lot of momentum. Nonetheless, about halfway home a sudden and vicious gust of wind literally stopped me in my tracks. The little weird-weather detector I keep in the back of my mind started feeping gently, and I picked up my speed in the face of a fairly constant wind.
The storm broke about ten minutes from home, with rain hitting the umbrella hard enough to almost wrench it out of my hand on occasion. Said portable fabric shelter protected everything from the knees up. The rest essentially became water. And to add insult to injury, lightning went off directly overhead at one point. Light and sound were simultaneous, and the firmware on my MP3 player locked up under the ensuing EMP. The device is fine following a hard reset (by the simple expedient of pulling the battery), and I think the hair on my arms has returned to normal.
So yeah, wet and startled. An exciting end to a dull day. I'm off to install some software.