Blanketing Rain?

Continuing on another episode of Erin covering head with blanket (see the Niagara entry below)…last night we drove down to Cincinnati to go out for dinner with Cindy’s brother Ryan, who was in the area on business. We ate at Don Pablo’s, where Erin discovered that she ‘really, really loves’ Mexican food. As she gushed, ‘All this food is for me? I LOVE Don Pablo's!’
Anyway, on the way home we first enjoyed a great lightning show in the distance, but when we hit south Dayton we got right in the middle of it (even driving at 30 mph I’m sure we left a nice wake on the freeway!) Erin, who was in the passenger seat, started getting real nervous.
Erin first tried to say that she was worried that Allyson would get shocked by lightning and that was why she was so nervous. It was a nice try, but not very convincing. I told her that cars were very safe places to be in such storms. She responded by putting a blanket over her head so she wouldn’t have to look at all the nearby flashes. I tried to take her mind off of it by telling her to keep her eyes on the big semi in front of us. I explained to her that since it was taller it was more likely than us to be hit by lightning and blow up. Somehow that didn't help. Neither did stopping her from climbing into the back seat by telling her that our gas tank was in the back. Cindy told her to say a prayer, which she did. Under the blanket, that is. That did seem to help. We got out of it a few minutes later and made it safely home.
As for the other kids, Makenna fell asleep during the storm, and, according to Cindy, Cameron—who was in the back with Cindy—was rather monosyllabic, but not overly concerned.

UPDATE: It appears that Mexican food does not agree with Allyson's stomach in its 'Cindy-processed' form--she was throwing up a lot more than usual the next day.