I hope someone has the answer because I love storms. I would like to know what to call myself.

Well, brontophobia and astraphobia have to do with the fear of thunder and lightning, and ombrophobia is the fear of rain. I love rain, so I think I could call myself an ombrophile (= lover of) and no one could say I wasn’t. You could help yourself to “brontophile.”

Well I love cats and storms.
Hey! What’s maniac doing in that purrrfectly nice word?

What is the word for someone who loves watching storms with their cat?

I’ll be a brontofile and astraphile. Now, I also love blizzards so I’ll be one of those, too.

Brontocumailurovideophile.

@Jeruba Well, we might just have to practice some neologisms on the fly here. What about brontophialia and astraphialia and ombrophilia? Do you have any suggestions? I think I have exhausted the -philias here.

@lillycoyote, that’s what I was saying with “brontophile.” The -philia part (no a before the l) means “love of,” and the -phile suffix is “lover of.” Necrophilia. Bibliophile. Etc.

Book lover? Sounds kinky.

@Jeruba That’s why I need you Jeruba, to keep me on the strait and and narrow with my Latin and Greek roots, suffixes, etc. :)

@Jeruba I’m going to need a shorter word for conversation purposes!

Since ‘ailuromaniac’ is based in Latin, I submit the suggestion of tempestophile. Tempestaphile? Anyway, tempestas is Latin for “storm”.

So I looked up your suggestions… and “brontophile” does indeed mean “someone who is fond of thunderstorms.”

I am so excited to have a word for this, thank you!

@OneMoreMinute I was actually laying at the foot of my bed last night, with my cat, watching the lightning…. we should start a club :P haha

@TheOnlyNeffie Yeah, we should start a “Thunder Cats” club. With a lightning bolt over the top!

@OneMoreMinute count me in ;)

Meteorophile or Atmosphile

I was almost struck by lightning once, I saw it in the corner of my eye and immediately jumped in the air, I wasn’t injured, but the interesting thing is, lightning doesn’t sound all that loud when your very close to it, its more like the sound of a big piece of aliminum foil being hit, but people twenty feet away, said it was the loudest thunder they ever heard.