Especially given how close it was. Maybe this was a placebo, but I felt as if their was electricity all inside me, it was weird but terrifying. I was begging inside for it to all go away, but it wouldn't. Then, I would get an incredibly loud bolt and that really did it. I was so scared. 

To make it worse, even though I don't live in Canada (never even been there), I had an audio recording of their EAS alarm playing in my head with my screen going blood red (also in my head while my eyes were shut). Because I live in America, I also had our EAS alarm play in my head later on. On its own this alarm isn't scary, but when combined with a terrifying situation, it can feel like your life's in danger. 

For some reason, I'm not bothered by thunderstorms, but this one in particular was just so terrifying. Those EAS alarms just automatically played in my head. I didn't voluntarily think about them. They just played against my will just for this moment. Is it possible the lack of sleep played a role in inducing this much fear inside me?