I am currently witnessing the most evil thunderstorm I have ever heard or seen.

The lightning is so strong, that the whole room is lighting up, and the thunder is VERY VERY loud!!!!

Car and house alarms going off everywhere!!!

DW

 

Whereabouts is it DW ? Its still glaring sunshine in Kent

 

We had a bad storm last night. Lasted from about 6:30 to 9:30. Some very close strikes

I remember watching a storm out of the bedroom window one year. There was a really close CG and I felt a slight electric shock from the metal window handles, a bit like a large static shock (which it was I suppose)...


Que interesting "Thunderstorm / Lighting" tales..

 

I'm waiting for the thunderstorms here in London (and back home in Kent). It's horribly muggy.

 

Currently in Derby and no Storm yet..

Assuming you are in the Blackpool area Dream Weaver so perhaps it will be travelling South.. if I am at work and it gets to Derby I'll post to this thread...

Has the power gone off now Dream Weaver? hence no reply...?

JGM

 

Still here - storm has passed now. I am based on the Lancs/Yorks border, in between Burnley and Skipton

Was a good un

I remember watching a violent storm about 10 years ago now, which ended up destroying a farm and a barn about 2 miles from my house. The lightning was so strong it was hitting the floor, and you could feel the vibrations in the house - I managed to get a quality pic of one of the forks, but not sure where it is now

DW

 

The hurracaine of the 90's took out 20odd trees on the farm I grew up on and picked up the roof of the barn whole and carried is about 1000yards and dropped it.. it stayed in one piece.. left the old landrover untouched in the barn to get wet then..

Also removed lots of roof tiles off the farm house roof like they were playing cards..

We had no electricity for 2weeks after that! nearest neighbour was 1/2mile away, and I think we were low priority to get reconnected..

JGM

 

Oooooooo, I love storms!

...sadly it's just muggy here too (Hampshire)

 

http://www.metoffice.com/weather/europe/uk/radar/

Here are where they are

Big sucker rolling across the Channel on its way into Kent/London


[Edited by IWatkins - 7/30/2002 1:52:47 PM]

 

I think it is about to reach Derby!

It looks that way out of the window anyway..

JGM

 

Getting dark and windy in Kent

Batten down the hatches !!

 

Same here....

Hope it passes quick as I have a motorcycle as only transport home..
but then probably at work until 7pm gone anyway...

JGM

 

It is hissing it down!

JGM

 

Looks like an impending storm here in Staffordshire too

 

Nothing in London. Still hot, sticky and dry in the City.

 

And lightening now

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Looks a little more impressive than that!

JGM

 

Only problem is, it has affected my ADSL connection for the last 2 hours. Keep being disconnected, and have rebooted at least 4 times

Going away now though, sun is coming out

DW

 

It hit here at about 6am this morning, was bloody massive

Thunder was sooo loud, got a bit worried and ran round unplugging everything just in case

 

Still nothing here

Looks like it may have missed us

 

Heard a few bits of thunder, but that's about it. Could be doing with a good thunderstorm though - v muggy

However, the fire alarm just went off in one of our other buildings - and there are now about 600 people standing about outside in the pi55ing rain

 

It is still raining very heavy here...

Some thunder and lightening but in the distance.. nothing nearby..

would not like to be standing out there right now..

JGM

 

It has just belted down raindrops the size of melons

Thunder so loud it would rival thge BPM exhaust and lightening brighter than Cibies

also disconnected me [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] Which IU wasn't happy about, now it is sunny (and I am re-connected )

 

Mine is still disconnecting - literally every 2 minutes, but Pipex reckon it is the thunder - I can still here it in the distance so it is still around

DW

 

Had a hell of a storm in Milton Keynes last night - 2 1/2 hours solid, with lightning strikes at least every 10 seconds.
House lights were flickering, and the sockets tripped out twice.

But my Pipex ADSL connection stayed up throughout. (My PC and ADSL modem are on a UPS)

Maybe the problem was at your end, DW? If the mains drops out for a fraction of a second, your modem would probably get spiked.

 

Don't count on the storm clearing the air. After 3 hours of Thor giving his best, it was even worse than before. V V muggy and no cooler. No wind either. Just made it even more uncomfortable. Just what you need when trying to sleep.

 

It's back.. got it at about 6am, woke me up [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Now it's Just over Salford, bloody noisy too , and the road's flooded

 

The rain easied off but did not stop here in Derby and is now back with avengence and the odd lightening and thunder but mainly just heavy rain...

Getting nearer and near time to leave work and it is looking more and more like a swim home

JGM

 

Well, it was clearing up, but looks like it is set for another round soon

 

Still dry and warm in Bracknell, albeit a little grey.

Looking forward to a swin mn me old mans pool after work, hope it dont rain as i have to cycle there................

Dave

 

At least some of you guys down south have had a bit of decent weather recently.

I have a suggestion that if we put the word round and ask people to grab a hold of something solid outside like a tree or railing.

On the count of three we all take a small jump south. The process is then repeated.

We should be round about Tenerife a fortnight next Tuesday!!

(Note to self;Need to stop sniffing octane booster)