Thunderstorms

Edward78 · 28 Jul 2014 at 04:50

This sounds odd, bit since moving to NY state I kind of miss the storms in the midwest. Storms here are well ZZZzzz.

Cosimo · 28 Jul 2014 at 07:07

Apart from a distant rumble nothing at all but we may get one this morning.

Hades · 28 Jul 2014 at 07:23

Freefaller said:
View from my desk

Correct

Ah. I used to work there

Cosimo · 28 Jul 2014 at 07:27

Thunder going off in the west at present.

MadMouse101 · 28 Jul 2014 at 08:49

Been thundering since 6am in Brighton and still going

Svack · 28 Jul 2014 at 08:57

Same over in Worthing, also had to find an alternative route to work as the seafront appears to be under a foot of water!

Liquid_Entity · 28 Jul 2014 at 09:36

http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/...rmacy__sounded_like_a_bomb_going_off_/?ref=mr

This was a few doors up from me on Friday afternoon.

scorza · 28 Jul 2014 at 09:41

Why is it that people forget how to drive in heavy rain/thunderstorms? Yes it's raining hard so you it's a good idea to slow down, but doing 20mph on a de-restricted dual carriageway when you don't even need your wipers on the fastest setting is a tad dangerous isn't it?

CaptainRAVE · 28 Jul 2014 at 14:06

The sky is starting to look very angry.

antijoke · 2 Aug 2014 at 15:48

Being spoilt this year!

Yet another big storm going in.

This is great.

arknor · 2 Aug 2014 at 16:36

Thunderbolt and lightning,
Very, very frightening me.
(Galileo) Galileo.
(Galileo) Galileo,
Galileo Figaro
Magnifico.

proper belting it down in the real newcastle at the moment with some thunder and lightning a few miles away

Haze · 2 Aug 2014 at 17:11

yeah thunder was a bit loud around here

CaptainRAVE · 2 Aug 2014 at 17:29

No thunder, but some huge downpours today. Enough to refill our water butt from empty.

MooMoo444 · 2 Aug 2014 at 17:56

Its been raining alllllllll day and thunderstorms too.

As borat would say, iz very nize.

Ahleckz · 2 Aug 2014 at 19:02

Three hours of sheet lightning tonight in Hanoi! Was very cool being on a rooftop bar watching it. Few loud bangs of Thunder but mostly a continuous low Rumble. Much better than anything in the UK!

Brian18741 · 2 Aug 2014 at 21:19

Just rain over here. Does anyone still plug out all electricals during lightening storms? Anyone ever had anything burnt out from lightening hitting a power line?

Mynight · 2 Aug 2014 at 21:27

Brian18741 said:
Just rain over here. Does anyone still plug out all electricals during lightening storms? Anyone ever had anything burnt out from lightening hitting a power line?

I lost a fuse board when I was on holiday in France once. Ill dig out the photo but the fuse plugs were melted pretty badly.

ron3003 · 2 Aug 2014 at 21:50

Lightning strike about 50 metres away from home around 3pm. My router is toast literally fried and some external cat5 cabling no longer will carry a signal. Also blew the trip in the garage but got off lightly really.
Previously I've lost a chest freezer full of food and a very expensive motorized satellite receiver due to close strikes.

malachi · 2 Aug 2014 at 22:03

Don't surge protectors avoid these?

Mynight · 2 Aug 2014 at 22:06

malachi said:
Don't surge protectors avoid these?

Depends how big the surge is I guess.

A big enough surge could potentially jump the break caused by a surge switch.