NORMAL LIFE: Beautiful, But Deadly

It's funny how beautiful nature can be sometimes. I think it's something you appreciate more and more as you get older. Seeing the colours of the rainbow filter through a free-falling waterfall in South Africa, watching the clouds hover peaks of the Alps, watching torrential rain fall from the comfort of my own bedroom in Helsinki.

Last night, a massive thunderstorm hit the Helsinki area which is further evidence that global warming has bought sudden humidity and potential devestation to the Nordic countries; temperatures as high as 28.2C were recorded at Helsinki's Vantaa Airport and, overnight, a lightning strike burnt down detached house in the early hours.

Not only is nature beautiful, it's also deadly.