The View from the Window

My class was in the computer lab yesterday taking a language ISAT test.  Everyone was quiet, focused, and on their best behavior, even the two boys in the back that take their test in at another time.  They just had to sit at the back and read books.  All of a sudden the cloudy weather started getting loud.  Thunder.  One of the boys asked if he could sit by the door and look out the window.  Pretty soon the second boy was sitting by the door looking out the window.  There wasn't any lightning, just an empty blacktop, and gray clouds.  They sat for 15 minutes looking out the window like it was a movie screen.  It paid off.  Suddenly the skies exploded with a ferocious hail storm that was even more impressive in the portable with a metal roof.  Actually the whole room of test takers exploded.  Good thing hail storms don't last long.  After a joyous two minutes we got the test takers back on task, and the two boys spent another 20 minutes just looking out the window; empty blacktop, gray clouds.