Thunderstorm and lightning (very, very frightening)

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This afternoon we had the most tremendous thunderstorm, lighting up a pitchblack sky. Of course like a fool I went outside to watch, but my eyebrows remain unsinged.

Not everyone is as keen, so thunder and lightning classic or dud? And anyone have any near misses?

― Billy Dods, Sunday, 26 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

best one was when a church got hit across the road from the bookstore i was in. Whole steeple came a crashing down. Funny thing was the priest was convicted of fiddling with kiddies the week before.

― Queen Zepplin G, Sunday, 26 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I love thunder and lightning. No near misses, or I might change my opinion. I always like the sounds on records too. Best use: a drum & bass track by Kinetix called The Stalking Moon. Oh, and there's a hip hop number called The Piper by (?) Cheba - anyone know this track? It's a sort of Pied Piper riff, and very strong. Further info (and confirmation of the artiste name) welcomed.

― Martin Skidmore, Sunday, 26 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

My mom's house was struck by lightning a few years ago. It killed all 3 computers (including mine, which didn't fit into my teensy apartment at the time) and the VCR. Now we all use surge protectors!

― petite verte, Sunday, 26 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

CRAAAKKK! BOUM! yeay. Keep it rolling! Living in the UK, with its maritime climate and thunderstorms-lite, I generally regard it as a holiday treat to witness a deafening Draculaesque demonstration of God's considerable disapproval [am I mixing metaphors with a 'd' shaped spoon here?] from the interior of, say, a rickety alpine chalet.

― Gordon, Sunday, 26 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

haha when i was at school aged 11, we were out in the garden collecting worms for biology — you pour formaldehyde on the ground and they wriggle up to the surface all itchy — and a big thunderstorm started and the teacher made us shelter UNDER A TREE!! Another teacher saw us out of the window and poked his head out and, TOTALLY ENRAGED, yelled derision and abuse at the biology teacher, as well as an urgent warning for us all to run quickly inside the building. We learned several useful new words and phrases!! It was the best biology lesson EVAH!!

― mark s, Sunday, 26 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Thunder and lightning stills happens to be one of the few phobias I have (besides heights)... I think it all started from a rather traumatic experience as a kid.

― Brian MacDonald, Sunday, 26 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Mmm, classic, on a warm summer afternoon, especially when the sun blazes out afterwards. Our dogs always got really spooked and hid under the bed.

Martin Skidmore -- I am sure you will know: What is that thunderstorm song on Shades of Deep Purple ? I like that.

― felicity, Sunday, 26 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Mark, yr poor biology teacher was probably only demonstrating Darwin's theory of evolution.

― Billy Dods, Sunday, 26 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

If I didn't live in tornado central, I would enjoy it immensely.

― Melissa W, Sunday, 26 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Where is tornado central? I looove storms to the extent of clapping and jumping and getting quite randy.

― notjess, Monday, 27 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

you could do worse mel!

― Josh, Monday, 27 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

arhargghhhar, har. I know I am not alone with this brain hardwiring rain = sex

― jeska, Monday, 27 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Thunderstorms are fantastic, esp. running about in them and getting soaked through, or, more classic, kissing in the rain.

― Anna, Monday, 27 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sorry, Felicity, I have to confess to not being very strong on Deep Purple. (Actually, I'm not in the slightest bit sorry generally or I wouldn't have avoided them so much, but I am sorry I can't help here.)

― Martin Skidmore, Monday, 27 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Skidmore musical knowledge finite Shock! Thanks anyway. ;)

― felicity, Monday, 27 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

No near misses, but just before I hit my teen years I had a phobia of thunderstorms so extreme that a party cloudy sky in the dead of winter would make me fidgety. I don't want to bore you with the details but it all had something to with abandonment issues and my parents divorcing and all. I snapped out of it after a year and a half.

― Michael Daddino, Monday, 27 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I love it, it's a great thrill to hear and feel that sort of chaos unfolding...call it a touch of the sublime in the 18th century sense.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

but what about my poodle you bastard!

― hugh walpole, Monday, 27 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

i like being indoors watching or listening to thunder and lightning. it's strangely relaxing. i'm doing it right now, and i have a great view out of this big University Library window.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 10:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Angela doesn't agree: she'd like to go out down the shops for some food, but it's been thundering since 10 last night.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 10:47 (twenty-one years ago)

It's nice when you're in a dark room and the flash lights it up for a split second. there were some cool storms when i was over in venice over the summer.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 11:00 (twenty-one years ago)

jesus yeah,the thunder this morning was unreal

― robin (robin), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 11:53 (twenty-one years ago)

And we've just got it here. My washing is outside and has been for days, but I am too ill to venture into the garden in sopping rain and collect soaking clothes.

― Anna (Anna), Wednesday, 22 October 2003 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

six months pass...

"ah stevem, welcome back to Britain - just for you we've arranged some chubascos tormentos so you can feel better about the crap but not stormy weather stateside during your visit"

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)

that was PROPER thunder just then actually, like BANG not rrrummmmble - it had the oddest effect on me, usually i furrow my brow nervously (a reflex maintained from childhood) but this time i just laughed

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Bloody hell, I came here searching for a Thunder thread coz there was just a huge clap of scary thunder outside...you aint in Glasgow are you Stevem?!!

― smee (smee), Thursday, 6 May 2004 12:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Ok, I take it back - it's Thursday and the scary thunder has made me forget what day it is!!!

― smee (smee), Thursday, 6 May 2004 12:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Scary thunder in glasgow. the rain is ridiculous and i'm wearing a moleskin jacket. humph.

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Thursday, 6 May 2004 12:58 (twenty-one years ago)

a thunderstorm, in the daytime, is a swizz.

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 6 May 2004 13:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Hah you Glaswegians - you have our Sassenach London weather from yesterday!

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 6 May 2004 13:03 (twenty-one years ago)

as suspected, we're london's sloppy seconds.

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Thursday, 6 May 2004 13:04 (twenty-one years ago)

i heart lightning. i miss it.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 6 May 2004 13:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw the most incredible thunderstorms in WA. I used to have all the wheat farmers buring their heads and praying it wouldn't be their farm that got hit.

― Nellie (nellskies), Thursday, 6 May 2004 13:12 (twenty-one years ago)

There was so much hail it looked like it had snowed!

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 6 May 2004 13:16 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

some amazing photos of storms in Dorset here

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 24 June 2005 12:24 (twenty years ago)

Those are fucking awesome.

― Raston Warrior Robot (alix), Friday, 24 June 2005 12:28 (twenty years ago)

there was a huge thunderstorm around here recently, it knocked out my internet for two days!

― ra's al latebloomer: not a dolphin lover, honest (latebloomer), Friday, 24 June 2005 12:33 (twenty years ago)

i want a camera like that.

― monsanto and yanni (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 24 June 2005 12:33 (twenty years ago)

Manual controls set for long exposure times and a bit of luck.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Friday, 24 June 2005 12:35 (twenty years ago)

london's supposed to be getting some storms this afternoon. still sunny here, but Knowing My Luck it'll start immediately i leave the office. it will be disappointing if it does, because thunderstorms look so much better at night.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 24 June 2005 12:40 (twenty years ago)

I'm hopinh we get a good storm here, I love them, they very rarely happen around here though.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Friday, 24 June 2005 12:46 (twenty years ago)

No clouds here yet, but the wind's picking up.

― Anna (Anna), Friday, 24 June 2005 12:56 (twenty years ago)

My girlfriend's house was struck at about 5am. No one was hurt, but it blew the main fuse and totally fucked a stereo, a camcorder, a TV, the phone, the Sky and a couple of other things.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:30 (twenty years ago)

There had better be no storms tomorrow.

― The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

I hate nearby thunderstorms -- I'm always scared I'm going to get my livelihood (computer) blown up.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)

I love thunderstorms. I just wish I had somewhere decent to watch from. Back in Oxon we (my family) would all troop outside as soon as a storm started to go and stand on the river bridge to watch the storm over Otmoor. Lovely stuff. With my luck today it will start as soon as I step off the bus. It is darkening in Kentish Town.

― Raston Warrior Robot (alix), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)

if i had a pound for everytime i've had to buy a new modem due to lightning strikes, I'd have 3 quid.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:48 (twenty years ago)

Rain in Surbiton, apparently.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:51 (twenty years ago)

It is very dark and still in EC1 so I'm predicting POUNDING rain.

― suzy (suzy), Friday, 24 June 2005 13:55 (twenty years ago)

It's pissing down

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Friday, 24 June 2005 15:53 (twenty years ago)

bring it on

― dahlin (dahlin), Friday, 24 June 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)

to go and stand on the river bridge to watch the storm over Otmoor

Which bridge, lix? Islip?

― C J (C J), Friday, 24 June 2005 16:03 (twenty years ago)

Amazing storms in London last night. The loudest bang of thunder I think I've ever heard came as my train trawled through Peckham.

Flashes of lightning every 6 seconds if the most frequent I've witnessed too personally, in the UK at least.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 09:51 (twenty years ago)

So great to be indoors, fed and warm as the hail rattled down and the lightning flashed closer and closer.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 09:57 (twenty years ago)

I winced at a few really close strikes but didn't get quite as het up as the wee girl in Poltergeist.

― suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 10:03 (twenty years ago)

Last night was the biggest storm I'd ever seen! Our flat has nice big windows and we got a great view of the lightning bolts which seemed to be coming down around Friern Barnet or thereabouts. I suspect one hit Ally Pally cos the TV went out for an hour or so.

It was a great feeling being safe indoors watching! Our elder cat was scared shitless though, hid under the duvet all night. Kitten Pogo wasn't bothered! He even slept through some of the thunder.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 10:05 (twenty years ago)

I happened to leave the pub last night at the exact point when the slight drizzle turned to an absolute downpour. We tried running but eventually was so wet that I just gave up and walked, given I wasn't going to get any wetter.

It was very exciting though, given that the storm was directly over us. Although sheltering in the metal bus shelter may have been a bad idea in hindsight.

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 10:19 (twenty years ago)

it was just on the tele! looks glorious

― dahlin (dahlin), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 10:20 (twenty years ago)

yea it was good last night, there was that really huge bang as well, much louder than the others, that was something!

― charltonlido (gareth), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 10:21 (twenty years ago)

I felt very smug that I managed to transfer from the 59 to the 159 right before the first burst of the storm really kicked off.

However, during the second, later burst of the storm (sometime during CSI) there was the legendary HAILSTONES THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS bouncing off my windowledge.

I suppose I should have gone downstairs and looked at them more properly, but Catherine looked like she was going to Get Some for the first time in, well, ever, last night.

― MIS Information (kate), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 10:33 (twenty years ago)

CJ, yes Islip bridge. Are you familiar?

― Raston Warrior Robot (alix), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 10:35 (twenty years ago)

I turned the TV off and the lights and lay on my bed feeling like a caveman

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 10:50 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Nice heat lightning to the north right now. Continuous, like god's own squad car with the flashers rolling, just over the horizon. No thunder.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 27 August 2005 01:10 (nineteen years ago)

Supposedly people watch storms from East Rock Park. I want to try this.

― youn, Saturday, 27 August 2005 01:17 (nineteen years ago)

We had a good thunderstorm on Thursday. Yesterday's front-page-story in the local paper: a stupid woman and her daughter who heard the thunder starting - it wasn't even raining yet - and decided to shelter under a tree. They're now in a specialist burns hospital.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Saturday, 27 August 2005 06:54 (nineteen years ago)

I love that kind of dry rolling lightning, a while back we had an amazing storm here that had this strobe-effect lightning, you couldnt see any bolts, just flashes, repeatedly for hours, like the sky was a disco, it was brilliant. Seems to only really happen in summer here.

― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 27 August 2005 07:48 (nineteen years ago)

Karuna

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― Bob Six (bobbysix), Saturday, 27 August 2005 08:47 (nineteen years ago)

did anyone see that mental london sky on thursday? it was like a week-old bruise. everything orange and purple, and a huge fuckoff rainbow over the whole thing. i had to go hang out of the window at work and gawp, and a small girl across the road was doing the same thing and we had a chat about it. (i guess the britishers really do love weather.)

― emsk ( emsk), Saturday, 27 August 2005 11:30 (nineteen years ago)

http://vinyljukebox.free.fr/images/products/Katrina&Waves_walkin200.jpg

― Fetchboy (Felcher), Saturday, 27 August 2005 19:33 (nineteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

Cripes, there's been a MASSIVE thunder/lightning storm for the past half hour around here. There was one blast that had to have been within half a mile, it was that loud. Scariest I've ever heard.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 02:10 (nineteen years ago)

Pretty intense - haven't seen anything like it for a while. More please!

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 02:58 (nineteen years ago)

it is now raining in Los Feliz

― gear (gear), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 04:45 (nineteen years ago)

wait, it stopped

― gear (gear), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 04:45 (nineteen years ago)

back to you, Ned
http://abc7fansite.com/images/dallasraines/dallasraines5.jpg

― Dallas Raines (gear), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 04:47 (nineteen years ago)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Still, if you're gonna invoke anyone...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 04:49 (nineteen years ago)

I have been inside for the past 15 hours.

― the son of dean cameron (dr g), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 05:23 (nineteen years ago)

seven months pass...

We've got the full works around abouts at the moment - thunder, lightening, torrential rain - I wonder if I should still be on my comp...

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Friday, 12 May 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/Atmosphere/images/tstorm_caution.gif

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Friday, 12 May 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

According to this...
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/tstorm/safety.html
"Do not use a phone or a computer during a thunderstorm. Do not take a shower or wash dishes. Lightning can strike the plumbing or electrical wires that connect to your house and give you an electrical shock if you use these items."

Luckily I've just finished washing the dishes. Does anyone know of anyone who has actually been hit by lightening while on the computer?

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Friday, 12 May 2006 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

No, but I watched a co-worker get knocked across the room once when he was on the phone during a lightning storm.

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Friday, 12 May 2006 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.nowcast.co.uk/lightning/

― caek (caek), Friday, 12 May 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Man, it's pretty crazy out there. Like giant paparazzi popping their titanic flashbulbs one after the other.

― Sons Of The Redd Desert (Ken L), Thursday, 1 June 2006 23:40 (nineteen years ago)

i got caught in it without an umbrella, but was lucky to arrive under scaffolding harboring a box full of thick cardboard makeshift-rainhats

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 1 June 2006 23:46 (nineteen years ago)

i had forgotten how cool summer storms are

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 1 June 2006 23:47 (nineteen years ago)

rolling thunder - i can hear it now!

― youn (youn), Thursday, 1 June 2006 23:47 (nineteen years ago)

three months pass...

this lightning rocks

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 21:47 (eighteen years ago)

It's really close here, and we could do with a good storm to clear it. Not just now when I'm about to go to bed though.

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 21:50 (eighteen years ago)

Classic. I could live in a perpetual thunderstsorm if the rain were only periodic. Lightning, thunder, big crazy clouds, wind--all good.

― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Thursday, 14 September 2006 00:37 (eighteen years ago)

eight months pass...

OK, so we had a big ball of lightning thing explode over our house this evening. Holy fuck was that scary. I was on the phone to my mum at the time and thought a plane had crashed or something (we live near the airport). Neil was at the window watching our next-door neighbours kids skipping and one had just tied their rope to the washing line (metal pole, eek!) when BANG!! right over their heads: cue two terrifed kids running for their lives.

I wasn't looking out the window, but it was loud and bright and actually went bang before the thunder started. It came totally out of nowhere as well - no warning rumbles, no rain, nothing. It had been freakily close and muggy before, but, my God was that ever scary. Then two wee rumbles of thunder in the distance a few minutes later and nothing.

Anyone else round here get it? Rumpie? It was totally fucking terrifying.

― ailsa, Thursday, 31 May 2007 21:44 (eighteen years ago)

an amazing thunderstorm in paris, friday before last. never seen or heard anything like it. lightning in every direction around and...purple-looking!

― RJG, Thursday, 31 May 2007 21:48 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

incoming!

― koogs, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:14 (eighteen years ago)

Whoa - hail! In July! Sky black and thunder right overhead.

― Anna, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:23 (eighteen years ago)

Really black here in Stoke Newington, no hail as yet. Very loud thunder though.

― Neil S, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:24 (eighteen years ago)

I'm in Fitzrovia/ Bloomsbury and we have lumps of hail the size of small peas and thunder every twenty seconds or so.

― Anna, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:26 (eighteen years ago)

I was supposed to be going to a cricket match at Lords tonight :-(

― Neil S, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:30 (eighteen years ago)

hot hail here too about 20 mins ago. it went v dark v quickly.

― Alan, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:32 (eighteen years ago)

I can't stand this fucking rain any longer! It's rained every day for three weeks now. Where is my summer? I want a refund.

― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:37 (eighteen years ago)

Met Office:
Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:
Further showers along with some sunshine but there may be a wet and quite windy spell later on Thursday and for a time on Friday.

Updated: 1514 on Tue 3 Jul 2007

UK Outlook for Sunday 8 Jul 2007 to Tuesday 17 Jul 2007:
Unfortunately there is precious little signal of any prolonged, dry or warm weather in the coming period. Sunday may be rather wet at first in eastern parts with some heavy rain and for next week there is little sign of any improvement in the weather. Low pressure will dominate with further rain or showers, some of which will be heavy at times. Temperatures are likely to be average at best, and at times it may feel rather cool, especially in the rain. Into the weekend and the following week, there is little sign of any change, with most places seeing further rain or showers, and temperatures are still likely to be around or a little below average for most parts.

It's never going to end.

― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:43 (eighteen years ago)

this weekend looks good tho

― blueski, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:43 (eighteen years ago)

It's rained every day for three weeks now. Where is my summer? I want a refund.

we had Summer in April/early May (barely any rain then, not in the SE at least)

― blueski, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:44 (eighteen years ago)

We've had constant rain for weeks and weeks now. All the area lakes are closed, right before the 4th of July. Apparantly we have already exceed our average rainfall total for the entire year.

― Ms Misery, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:46 (eighteen years ago)

we had Summer in April/early May (barely any rain then, not in the SE at least)

You're right, but I didn't realise that was the deal. If the weather gods had offered me a hot 'n' dry April in exchanged for eternal rain afterwards, I wouldn't have gone for the instant gratification option.

― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:48 (eighteen years ago)

i haven't read any reports saying 'wettest June since records began (not very long ago)' yet - what gives?

weather has looked normal in places like New York and Southern Europe. that's weird about TX tho.

― blueski, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:55 (eighteen years ago)

I think it's all over the southern US. I believe the news the other night said a city in Kentucky was being declared a national disaster.

My aunt lives near a lake and every day the roads become more and more impassable.

"The central Texas cities of Austin and San Antonio have received nearly twice as much rain as usual for June. And earlier this week, about 18 inches of rain fell overnight near Marble Falls, about 40 miles northwest of Austin. Boats and helicopters rescued people who scrambled atop buildings and vehicles."

― Ms Misery, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:58 (eighteen years ago)

It's been sunny and nice and warm here(Scotland) all afternoon. The world has gone topsy turvy.

― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 17:02 (eighteen years ago)

i haven't read any reports saying 'wettest June since records began (not very long ago)' yet - what gives?

They haven't released the June data yet, but apparently (according to the Met Office) May was the wettest May since 1967 (in Britain, that is) and fourth wettest EVAH. Seeing as it rained from about 10 June onwards and half of South Yorkshire is at the bottom of the sea I reckon it's a pretty safe bet June will be a record breaker.

― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 17:15 (eighteen years ago)

Whatever it was in Central London, it's over now, coz I can see sun.

I wonder if I should leave work now, and run for the train station as I forgot my umbrella and I know it won't last. I don't fancy getting caught in a hailstorm if it's only the eye of the storm. :-(

― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 17:19 (eighteen years ago)

TEH STORME RETURNS!

― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 13:23 (eighteen years ago)

There was snow on the ground in Brixton as I went through on the bus. WTF?

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 13:26 (eighteen years ago)

End times? Finally!

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 13:27 (eighteen years ago)

I'm in Fitzrovia/ Bloomsbury and we have lumps of hail the size of small peas and thunder every twenty seconds or so.

I dunno how I missed this, I work near Piccadilly Circus and went home about 5:40 and it wasn't even raining. I get home and apparently I missed some huge hail storm - there were pictures from South London where there was so much hail on the ground it looked like snow.

Which is probably what Kate saw!

― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 13:35 (eighteen years ago)

It was early Christmas in Clapham last night, coming in on the 137; the hail-snow began about halfway up Queenstown Road and persisted until King's Avenue, at which stage it abruptly vanished, so the eye of the storm was obviously very narrowly concentrated. The Common looked pleasingly Christmas card-ish but the pedestrians didn't seem to be enjoying slipping and skidding their way along the pavements.

― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 13:45 (eighteen years ago)

monsoon season.

― Alan, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 13:50 (eighteen years ago)

Book your tickets now for the 2011 George Harrison Memorial Putney Heath Disaster Fund concert featuring Lily Allen, Elton John, Duran Duran and Ricky Gervais.

― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 13:56 (eighteen years ago)

my god this rain!

― Ste, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 14:35 (eighteen years ago)

my dog would say 'dud' as he cowered in his kennel

― the sir weeze, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 15:30 (eighteen years ago)

It's been sunny and nice and warm here(Scotland) all afternoon. The world has gone topsy turvy.

-- Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, July 3, 2007 6:02 PM

Make that Central Scotland, since my mum's just emailed me a picture of a fucking TWISTER over Inverness yesterday.

― ailsa, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 15:36 (eighteen years ago)

Ugh, we're in year 2 (at least) of drought. You bastards quit taking our rain.

― Rock Hardy, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 16:13 (eighteen years ago)

Have some, really, we have an EU rain mountain to spare over here.

― Anna, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 16:14 (eighteen years ago)

After the thunderstorm had passed over SE19 last night, we got a lovely double rainbow with proper supernumerary arcs and that:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1422/708761699_eb61fb4a68.jpg

― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 18:31 (eighteen years ago)

Pouring (again) on the fourth of July.

I think I must have moved to Seattle and forgot.

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 18:51 (eighteen years ago)

It's all a promotional tie-in for the new Steve Carrell movie.

― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 19:11 (eighteen years ago)

Glub glub glub hasn't rained yet here but cloudy all day with that kind of wind that promises to be carrying new weather with it.

― Laurel, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 19:14 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

It's happening again!

― the pinefox, Monday, 7 July 2008 16:22 (sixteen years ago)

BOTHALLCHORACTORSCHUMMINAROUNDGANSUMUMINARUMDRUMSTRUMTRUMINAHUMPTADUMPWAUL TOPOOFOOLOODERAMAUNSURNUP!

― ledge, Monday, 7 July 2008 16:24 (sixteen years ago)

lol my friend wants me to go all the way across london to play football with him and mates this evening

― Just got offed, Monday, 7 July 2008 16:25 (sixteen years ago)

eight months pass...

weirdest weather right now!

― tehresa, Friday, 3 April 2009 17:42 (sixteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

short-lived, but fun for a minute back there

― loaded forbear (gabbneb), Friday, 1 May 2009 20:47 (sixteen years ago)

i was abt to go out for a run looked outside and was all is it raining then like 10 seconds later water everywhere

― p?nico (ice cr?m), Friday, 1 May 2009 20:50 (sixteen years ago)

yeah, we had like one flash and a really loud boom and pouring rain but it's settled now.

― tehresa, Friday, 1 May 2009 20:50 (sixteen years ago)

me too, xp, cept i just looked out the window

― loaded forbear (gabbneb), Friday, 1 May 2009 20:53 (sixteen years ago)

imna go running now :)

― p?nico (ice cr?m), Friday, 1 May 2009 20:57 (sixteen years ago)

i am gonna get one in 10 min, with hail

― erudite e-scholar (harbl), Friday, 1 May 2009 21:16 (sixteen years ago)

tornado siren. hmmmm.

― erudite e-scholar (harbl), Friday, 1 May 2009 22:25 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

Christ on a bike.

(Woke up about twenty minutes back thanks to a *MASSIVE* blast that had to have been near overhead that sounded like a garbage truck exploding in a dumpster. Further blasts and rain followed.)

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 09:33 (sixteen years ago)

Austin's been getting rumbly thunder and cloud-to-cloud lightning all night... fantastic.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 09:39 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah I was driving over the Congress bridge about 11ish to get to graveyard shift and I looked west and saw the coolest yellow cloud-to-cloud stuff. If I hadn't been running late I would have stopped to take a photo.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 09:41 (sixteen years ago)

had crazy cloud-to-cloud lightning last night, very unusual for Oregon.

― sleeve, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 14:57 (sixteen years ago)

I was running late at Town Lake when I saw most of it! Was worried I wouldn't make back to my car before a deluge, but it never did actually rain on me.

― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 3 June 2009 15:30 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

IT IS THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW!!

― James Mitchell, Thursday, 16 July 2009 22:34 (fifteen years ago)

nine months pass...

holy fuck this thunder is loud

― vike me down (dyao), Thursday, 6 May 2010 23:04 (fifteen years ago)

but can you FEEL it?

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 6 May 2010 23:48 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

it's really thundering and raining here. i'm away from my house, but i left my box fan running in the window. i'm assuming it's getting wet. is this really dangerous or is the worst that's likely to happen is i ruin my fan? should i run home and turn it off even if it's inconvenient?

― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 9 June 2011 01:14 (fourteen years ago)

might short and cause your fuse to trip?

― british sb power (dayo), Thursday, 9 June 2011 01:17 (fourteen years ago)

hmmm. maybe. i guess that itself wouldn't be the end of the world. i just don't want it to cause a fire or something... obv.

― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 9 June 2011 01:19 (fourteen years ago)

seems like the worst possible outcome is 'electrical fire'

― british sb power (dayo), Thursday, 9 June 2011 01:22 (fourteen years ago)

but it's raining so that should put out the fire

― british sb power (dayo), Thursday, 9 June 2011 01:22 (fourteen years ago)

seems like the worst possible outcome is 'electrical fire'

― british sb power (dayo), Wednesday, June 8, 2011 8:22 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

aieeeeee

― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 9 June 2011 01:23 (fourteen years ago)

maybe i'll go home.

― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 9 June 2011 01:23 (fourteen years ago)

nine years pass...

A new world record lightning has been recorded! A World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has established two new world records for the longest reported distance and the longest reported duration for a single lightning flash. The longest lightning flash duration is now set at more than 16 seconds in Argentina, while the longest distance is set at more than 700 km (nearly 450 miles) in Brasil!

just trying to imagine what a 450 mile lightening flash that isn't on one of the gas giants, but here on this rock, looks like. jeez!

― calzino, Monday, 29 June 2020 22:51 (five years ago)

comma comma comma chameleon!

― calzino, Monday, 29 June 2020 22:53 (five years ago)

That's terrifying.

― peace, man, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 12:43 (five years ago)

three years pass...

Feeling half dead today after being kept awake last night by what seemed to be endless thunderstorms.

― I've left the box of soup near your shoes (Tom D.), Thursday, 2 May 2024 10:36 (one year ago)

I didn't hear a thing!

― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 2 May 2024 10:41 (one year ago)

This is my favourite website - https://www.lightningmaps.org/

― Maresn3st, Thursday, 2 May 2024 10:50 (one year ago)

This was last night in SE England:

https://imgur.com/gG5M0jJ

― Michael Jones, Thursday, 2 May 2024 11:39 (one year ago)

This is why I never use imgur

http://imgur.com/gG5M0jJ

― Michael Jones, Thursday, 2 May 2024 11:40 (one year ago)

Ok, you just have to imagine it, while I crawl back to the mid-'00s and Flickr BBCodes

― Michael Jones, Thursday, 2 May 2024 11:41 (one year ago)

Yeah slept through last night's. Looked at the radar map and seems a bit unusual for the storms to drift from south-east to north west as they seem to be.

― nashwan, Thursday, 2 May 2024 11:49 (one year ago)

This is my favourite website - https://www.lightningmaps.org/

Thunder connoisseurs prefer Blitzortung

― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 2 May 2024 12:55 (one year ago)

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