I think we know what you mean and I doubt anybody would find that perverse :-)
It's strange but somehow I feel more "alive" during a storm. A Doctor friend of mine says it relates to the body's nervous system and the "fight or flight" instinct that develops before an adrenalin rush. I told him he was probably only half right as I only had a "flight" instinct and was adverse to anything related to "fight instinct" LOL!