It is declared over and over that here there are no thunderstorms.

In the _Examiner_ of May 19th I read: "Santa Rosa was visited by a very severe electrical storm about eleven o'clock last night.

The sky was brilliantly illuminated by lightning, and peal after peal of heavy thunder was heard.

This was followed by a rain which continued until near morning." A church steeple was struck by lightning and destroyed.

This is unusual, but for "never" read "hardly ever." No mad dogs, yet a little terrier I bought in San Francisco to give to a friend had to be shot its first summer on account of rabies.
Let us balance matters: No malaria, but rheumatism.
No cyclones, " wind and sand storms.
No thunderstorms, " earthquakes.
No mad dogs, " rattlesnakes and centipedes, tarantulas and scorpions.
No sunstrokes, " chilling fogs.
All goes when the sun goes.