But surely not NEW England thunderstorms.
I doubt they are unique only to New England or even just this country. In fact I know they aren’t. The south has very intense thunder and lightning storms. So like us they probably thought the same as we do in today’s world. Some are real bangers and some are not. 8>)
I lived all over the world, including the Mid Atlantic, the South, California, New England and Colorado.
The worst thunderstorms are in Colorado, where the Rockies meet the Great Plains. That pushed the cloud tops higher than any place else in the USA.
BTW, European, Asian and Australian Thunderstorms are not as bad as North America. We are geographically in Storm Alley.
Oklahoma and Germany have thunderstorms that put New England thunderstorms in the shade. Waaaaay in the shade.