One day durring a storm, I was forced to get off the computer so I wouldn't be electricuted. Moments after I got off, It began to hail, and it lasted for almost 30 min.,(Thats along time, it usualy only lasts 5-10 at max). Durring all this hail, a massive light show was in the sky, a bolt of lightning would flash twice every second. After the hail stoped, the power went out and all was dark. If you were to look outside, you could not see anything but the reflection of lightning off the flooding waters. After this storm was over, I thought "Hey, Thorn Valley is almost always sunny, What if a storm like this was to find its way there?" The problems with storms like these is that they destroy most veigtaion and if you are stuck in a hail storm of that calliber, you might not make it home saftly. (If your a mouse or a rat, chances you would live after being struck by hail would be quiet slim) If a mouse was cought in the flood, they would probabaly be swept away. I think a rat might be ok if he was strong, but the biggest threat outside of the flooding and the hail is the lightning. If a black out hit the colony,(and if the storm is at night), it might be nearly impossible to see in the colony. Most of the medical services would be down, and due to the hail, injuries would increase. How the rats would evercome the problem of loosing power would be interesting. (Im sure they have a backup battery though n.n)