So far it looks like meteofrance has been lying, but there are some dark grey-blue clouds on the horizon, so maybe there'll be some lightning. I was taking a time lapse of the clouds earlier, with the tripod left on the balcony while I went to hang out the washing. Mum came onto the balcony to call to me and my sister to make sure we folded the duvet covers properly, and a few moments later I heard this appalling crash. I dropped my pillow case and sprinted up to the house surprisingly quickly for someone going barefoot across pine needles :P Upstairs, Mum was just picking up the tripod. Thank goodness it's ok!! One of the sort of clip things which you flick to enable the tripod to become taller had slipped, causing the contraption to crash down into the balcony wall. There's a scratch on the edge of the lens (thankfully not on the glass) and one next to the shutter speed button on the camera. It still works, though - thank goodness, again. I was so scared X3