We had real thunder and rain today as evidenced by the picture. That's a real, genuine water puddle which has filled up a rather large hole dug by one of the furry kids - Blaze. That's her favorite past time - digging holes.
In the 2 1/2 years of living here in Wyoming I've yet to experience an all out lightning, thunderstorm, but today I actually heard thunder and saw a considerable amount of rain. Now Blaze can pretend she's a pig tomorrow and wallow around in her mud hole.