Why this word is great
CERAUNOSCOPY — [Noun] The practice of divination through the observation and interpretation of thunder and lightning. From Ancient Greek κεραυνός (keraunós, "lightning, thunderbolt") + -scopy (from Greek σκοπία (skopia, "watching")). Unlike "ceraunomancy" (which leans toward ritualistic symbolism) or "astromancy" (which gazes at distant stars), ceraunoscopy is rooted in the immediate, electrified theater of the atmosphere. It is the crack of a storm splitting the horizon into prophecy, the way a shepherd counts the seconds between flash and rumble to measure the gods’ displeasure, or the sudden, bone-deep certainty that a bolt striking an oak is an omen and not mere chance—the oldest human instinct, to seek meaning in the fury of the elements.