heck of a thunderstorm

lots of lightning strikes close by....I think one might have hit an oak tree across the street in the church-yard.....it looks like a big branch is down touching the ground instead of being up where it should be......the power went out for about one minute.....it's coming up from the South, instead of down from the North like the afternoon storms usually do, so when I went outside it was like a blast of swamp air.....I think it's rolling towards Laurens now.....the thunder is receding, but the rain is still dumping down good.......