Thunder, Lightening, Rain and Explosions?

Well, most of us of a certain age know that rest of that little ditty concerning rain and wanting it to go away. We have had a dry summer and fall, so we are in need of some precipitation. It started at our house around 3 this morning. We almost always know when it rains and or storms during the night because our dogs come to wake us up. A number of years ago during a storm, a tree fell through our roof and house. My husband and our female dog were watching television and the tree landed about 6 feet from where they were sitting. No one was hurt, thank goodness. The same cannot be said for the house's outer wall, the roof and assorted items that were tossed about when the tree finally came to rest. Since that time, this dog is terrified of storms, rain and sometimes even loud trucks. We have had to get a prescription for tranquilizers for her to help calm her down. They do not work well if the storm just comes upon us suddenly (like last night), but usually will calm her down some if we are able to have about an hour before it arrives. I jumped out of bed when I heard the thunder, grabbed my pillows and a blanket and met the dogs in the hallway. (when it is like this, they want adult company!) They were already upset. (the male dog seems to get upset because the female is upset). I was able to get the male down onto his pillow and covered him up with his blanket. I set myself up on the couch and the female came to sit right next to me. I checked the radar on the television and did not see anything that alarmed me. I gave the female a tranquilizer and tried to get her settled so that I might catch some sleep. About 20 minutes later a sound occurred that could have been an explosion! Both dogs started barking, I jumped up to see if another tree had come to 'visit' and my husband ran out our bedroom where he had been sleeping and was oblivious to the storm. Thankfully, there was no tree inside our house and it seemed that it had only been a rather close bolt of lightening and its resulting 'sonic boom' thunder. We both got the dogs settled back down, he went back to bed so was not in the living room when a second, albeit not as scary, lightening/thunder occurred. At that point I was fully awake as were the dogs. Right now I am tired and it is still raining. I will be thankful for the rain and even more thankful that it is not cold outside because this could be ice if it was!