To be honest, the thunder, lightning, and oh SH~ level of mobs usually gives it away for me. Much more subtle when you're underground though, but only when the lapses between thunder are long.Daisjun wrote:I never really noticed the distinction between rain and storms
I had a rather unexpected encounter with hats that way though. My base is on a vast forest with minimal water pools, so I was expanding one such pool to enough depth that I could bombard it with dynamite (not sure if that would work, but meh what the hell when in doubt, C4). So I was at the bottom with nothing but leather on my back and a water breathing helmet. I was just getting ready to enter the pool again when thunder hit, and I was like, "ok, mobs float in water anyway so I'm cool.". Turns out I've been living on land for so long I've forgotten the danger of hats. Got stuck with one on my head with nothing but a mattock to beat it back.
I don't go digging water pits in a storm anymore.