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Posted: 7/1/2015 5:42:26 PM EDT
Been a hot day
Very humid and 98F now going dark. Sheet lightning every 4-5 seconds. Pretty intense. Don't often get it like this. Nature's light shows are awesome |
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... is there something wrong with gravity there?
Or do you mean lightning? |
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Quoted: Yep. Lightening is every 1-2 seconds now. Not often we see this. Like Day of the Triffids here View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: aren't you in Great Britain or some place like that? Yep. Lightening is every 1-2 seconds now. Not often we see this. Like Day of the Triffids here I seem to recall a Tom Cruise movie documentary that started that way... Nick |
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I love a good light show. Too often I am at work, in a factory at night and miss out on them.
As a child, my Father would take us kids out on the front porch swing and we'd enjoy the storms. Midwestern Thunderstorms can be a little exciting. |
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98 is death weather in England. Mid 80s is a heat wave there. View Quote There are molten Brits all over the place. Knotted hankies and string vests on the fellas, semi naked girls and even the beer is in the fridge. People are declining gravy on their fish and chips, and one bloke in Chadderton apparently had a salad. Today broke the record for hottest day in July on record. The heat is heavy though...really humid. Been in hotter places and we have had hotter days, but it's a really sticky day with very little breeze. |
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I seem to recall a Tom Cruise movie documentary that started that way... Nick View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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aren't you in Great Britain or some place like that? Yep. Lightening is every 1-2 seconds now. Not often we see this. Like Day of the Triffids here I seem to recall a Tom Cruise movie documentary that started that way... Nick That's it....popping p-mags now. |
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I love a good light show. Too often I am at work, in a factory at night and miss out on them. As a child, my Father would take us kids out on the front porch swing and we'd enjoy the storms. Midwestern Thunderstorms can be a little exciting. View Quote Seen a few proper storms in the tropics but this is a pretty spectacular light show for the UK. |
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I thought I knew thunderstorms till I saw one, just a regular ole "pretty good" storm in the Mississippi delta.
You may have some southern americans talk big in this thread. I'm not one of them but I've seen it and they aint shittin bro. |
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Rapid lightning is best lightning.
IMG_9516-2 by William Gray, on Flickr IMG_9394 by William Gray, on Flickr |
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Quoted: There are molten Brits all over the place. Knotted hankies and string vests on the fellas, semi naked girls and even the beer is in the fridge. People are declining gravy on their fish and chips, and one bloke in Chadderton apparently had a salad. Today broke the record for hottest day in July on record. The heat is heavy though...really humid. Been in hotter places and we have had hotter days, but it's a really sticky day with very little breeze. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: 98 is death weather in England. Mid 80s is a heat wave there. There are molten Brits all over the place. Knotted hankies and string vests on the fellas, semi naked girls and even the beer is in the fridge. People are declining gravy on their fish and chips, and one bloke in Chadderton apparently had a salad. Today broke the record for hottest day in July on record. The heat is heavy though...really humid. Been in hotter places and we have had hotter days, but it's a really sticky day with very little breeze. Mad dogs and Englishmen aside, I expect that the elderly and infirm will not do well. |
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Have you seen anything like this on your street? http://www.scriptmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2265487-war_of_the_worlds3.jpg View Quote Yes - it used to flash a lot as well, but we killded it. |
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Mad dogs and Englishmen aside, I expect that the elderly and infirm will not do well. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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98 is death weather in England. Mid 80s is a heat wave there. There are molten Brits all over the place. Knotted hankies and string vests on the fellas, semi naked girls and even the beer is in the fridge. People are declining gravy on their fish and chips, and one bloke in Chadderton apparently had a salad. Today broke the record for hottest day in July on record. The heat is heavy though...really humid. Been in hotter places and we have had hotter days, but it's a really sticky day with very little breeze. Mad dogs and Englishmen aside, I expect that the elderly and infirm will not do well. Yeah...my folks are in their mid 70's and have been feeling it. Both pretty fit but it does seem to affect the olds a bit more. Been checking on the elderly neighbours to make sure they are OK. |
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Had some storms pass thru last night and was awoken by some lightning so bright it looked like someone tossed a flashbang into my room.
It was crazy and had some awesome thunder with it, and the cats kept right on sleeping |
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Quoted: I thought I knew thunderstorms till I saw one, just a regular ole "pretty good" storm in the Mississippi delta. You may have some southern americans talk big in this thread. I'm not one of them but I've seen it and they aint shittin bro. View Quote I grew up in Florida, moved out to Colorado for 12 years, then moved back to Florida. My wife is a Colorado native, as are her entire family. Some of them came to visit us for 2 weeks in mid June. Colorado has 'pretty good' thunderstorms, but they could not believe the amount of rain and lightning we get here in just 15 minutes, and they didn't even see what we consider a strong storm. |
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My brief experience in the UK taught me that folks there start to gasp at around 75 F, except in Scotland, where they start at 65 F.
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That's not lightening. See there are alien ships in the ground. Inside the lightening is like an elevator for aliens. They should pop out of the ground soon.
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Quoted: Rapid lightning is best lightning. https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7608/16516415764_50ae9be4b0_c.jpgIMG_9516-2 by William Gray, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8761/16952676579_b3357ef4e4_c.jpgIMG_9394 by William Gray, on Flickr View Quote Unless you're hanging out on a 200' tall lightning rod with a 20,000' ground rod. |
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Unless you're hanging out on a 200' tall lightning rod with a 20,000' ground rod. http://img0109.popscreencdn.com/156598068_worlds-largest-land-drilling-rig-hit-by-lightning-11-x14.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Rapid lightning is best lightning. https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7608/16516415764_50ae9be4b0_c.jpgIMG_9516-2 by William Gray, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8761/16952676579_b3357ef4e4_c.jpgIMG_9394 by William Gray, on Flickr http://img0109.popscreencdn.com/156598068_worlds-largest-land-drilling-rig-hit-by-lightning-11-x14.jpg Yeah, I dont do that job anymore. Being an electrician on drilling rigs sucks donkey balls on days with lightning. |
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My brief experience in the UK taught me that folks there start to gasp at around 75 F, except in Scotland, where they start at 65 F. View Quote Prolly true. The climate here is "polite". Air conditioning is considered a luxury rather than a necessity. Above 70F and most Brits want to bunk off work and go and lie under a lawn sprinkler. |
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You look unhappy. Do you drink Budweiser? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Rapid lightning is best lightning. https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7608/16516415764_50ae9be4b0_c.jpgIMG_9516-2 by William Gray, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8761/16952676579_b3357ef4e4_c.jpgIMG_9394 by William Gray, on Flickr http://img0109.popscreencdn.com/156598068_worlds-largest-land-drilling-rig-hit-by-lightning-11-x14.jpg Yeah, I dont do that job anymore. Being an electrician on drilling rigs sucks donkey balls on days with lightning. http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e308/rdxfusion/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsah0euprm.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e308/rdxfusion/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsojtzcio4.jpg You look unhappy. Do you drink Budweiser? Everything but budweiser. Actually, I dont drink much beer. I just get unhappy when I have to climb my fat ass to the top of a derrick 160 feet or so off the ground. |
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Yes - it used to flash a lot as well, but we killded it. http://www.redditmirror.cc/cache/websites/www.speedcam.co.uk_adyvb/www.speedcam.co.uk/g232.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Have you seen anything like this on your street? http://www.scriptmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2265487-war_of_the_worlds3.jpg Yes - it used to flash a lot as well, but we killded it. http://www.redditmirror.cc/cache/websites/www.speedcam.co.uk_adyvb/www.speedcam.co.uk/g232.jpg Jolly good show, then! |
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Yep. Lightning is every 1-2 seconds now. Not often we see this. Like Day of the Triffids here View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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aren't you in Great Britain or some place like that? Yep. Lightning is every 1-2 seconds now. Not often we see this. Like Day of the Triffids here just don't watch the light show - a man with eyesight is king in the land of the blind. |
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Unplug everything.
It was like that here about a week and a half ago, and I lost 2 TVs, a router, a laptop that was charging, and an Xbox. The town about 10 mile SE got hit by an EF3 tornado. |
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same here yesterday but it only lasted a short while. Still nasty humid. never this humid here. Can you please direct the lightning twards greece? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Been a hot day Very humid and 98F now going dark. Sheet lightning every 4-5 seconds. Pretty intense. Don't often get it like this. Nature's light shows are awesome Steady on old chap. I like Greece. Good holiday destination. The problem with Greece is that the EU have tried to apply Northern European Economics to Southern European Lifestyles. It hasn't worked. The Greeks have always been the way they are. It is what makes Greece such a popular destination for a holiday - the atmosphere is chilled and relaxed and the Greeks work on GMT "Greek Maybe Time". The rat race of Northern European working life is forgotten when in Greece. This was always the case. The Greeks have made no secret of their economy and the state it is in. The EU was prepared to gamble for it's own gain and has been burned as a result. The issue comes in the expansionist policies of the EU and their desire to form a Socialist Federation. They made an offer Greece could not refuse and positively encouraged Greece to sign up despite Greek reservations, but without joining the Greeks would have faced sanctions and lost revenue as the EU tightened its grasp in European Economics. Basically the EU has done a National version of sub-prime mortgages. Lending money knowing full well the risk was high, and now butting because the Greeks having been seduced by the sirens of Europe are now saying "Soz....but we ran out of money" Lets direct the lightening to the Socialist headquarters of the EU. That would be much more fitting. That's just my opinion. FWIW |
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Everything but budweiser. Actually, I dont drink much beer. I just get unhappy when I have to climb my fat ass to the top of a derrick 160 feet or so off the ground. http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e308/rdxfusion/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps3687f0a7.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Rapid lightning is best lightning. https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7608/16516415764_50ae9be4b0_c.jpgIMG_9516-2 by William Gray, on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8761/16952676579_b3357ef4e4_c.jpgIMG_9394 by William Gray, on Flickr http://img0109.popscreencdn.com/156598068_worlds-largest-land-drilling-rig-hit-by-lightning-11-x14.jpg Yeah, I dont do that job anymore. Being an electrician on drilling rigs sucks donkey balls on days with lightning. http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e308/rdxfusion/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsah0euprm.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e308/rdxfusion/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsojtzcio4.jpg You look unhappy. Do you drink Budweiser? Everything but budweiser. Actually, I dont drink much beer. I just get unhappy when I have to climb my fat ass to the top of a derrick 160 feet or so off the ground. http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e308/rdxfusion/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps3687f0a7.jpg Nice. A man of discerning taste. I commend you on having the Nadurra. This is about one third of my own selection of fine Whiskies. |
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Just a daily occurrence in Florida....well at least until october
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Yes - it used to flash a lot as well, but we killded it. http://www.redditmirror.cc/cache/websites/www.speedcam.co.uk_adyvb/www.speedcam.co.uk/g232.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Have you seen anything like this on your street? http://www.scriptmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2265487-war_of_the_worlds3.jpg Yes - it used to flash a lot as well, but we killded it. http://www.redditmirror.cc/cache/websites/www.speedcam.co.uk_adyvb/www.speedcam.co.uk/g232.jpg OOPS. Did a flaming tire accidently fly off a car and get stuck on the camera? |
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Crazy weather over there. Welcome to one of the neat side effects of a very convective atmosphere! From last week ... http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z362/0471861731/Landscapes/_DSC0441Az_zpszjquo8f0.jpg And a couple years ago, same location ... http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z362/0471861731/Landscapes/lightning_DSC0810Bz_zpsaywuitix.jpg View Quote Beautiful pics. Thanks for sharing. |
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OOPS. Did a flaming tire accidently fly off a car and get stuck on the camera? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Have you seen anything like this on your street? http://www.scriptmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2265487-war_of_the_worlds3.jpg Yes - it used to flash a lot as well, but we killded it. http://www.redditmirror.cc/cache/websites/www.speedcam.co.uk_adyvb/www.speedcam.co.uk/g232.jpg OOPS. Did a flaming tire accidently fly off a car and get stuck on the camera? Dunno. Wasn't me Guv. |
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Nice. A man of discerning taste. I commend you on having the Nadurra. This is about one third of my own selection of fine Whiskies. http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr356/agentfunky2003/IMG_1535_zpsq4c2g0yh.jpg View Quote Very nice. I assume you like the 16 year old Nadurra. |
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Very nice. I assume you like the 16 year old Nadurra. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Nice. A man of discerning taste. I commend you on having the Nadurra. This is about one third of my own selection of fine Whiskies. http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr356/agentfunky2003/IMG_1535_zpsq4c2g0yh.jpg Very nice. I assume you like the 16 year old Nadurra. Oh yes....fantastic In fact I'd probably never buy a younger version again. If you get the chance I can recommend the Nadurra Oloroso Cask, Non-Chill filtered. The batch No I got was OLO614 with a 60.7% alcohol by volume. Needs water (obviously) but once you have the dilution down it is probably one of the best I have ever had for the money. |
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Oh yes....fantastic In fact I'd probably never buy a younger version again. If you get the chance I can recommend the Nadurra Oloroso Cask, Non-Chill filtered. The batch No I got was OLO614 with a 60.7% alcohol by volume. Needs water (obviously) but once you have the dilution down it is probably one of the best I have ever had for the money. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Nice. A man of discerning taste. I commend you on having the Nadurra. This is about one third of my own selection of fine Whiskies. http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr356/agentfunky2003/IMG_1535_zpsq4c2g0yh.jpg Very nice. I assume you like the 16 year old Nadurra. Oh yes....fantastic In fact I'd probably never buy a younger version again. If you get the chance I can recommend the Nadurra Oloroso Cask, Non-Chill filtered. The batch No I got was OLO614 with a 60.7% alcohol by volume. Needs water (obviously) but once you have the dilution down it is probably one of the best I have ever had for the money. My favorite is the 21yo Glenlivet. I am pretty disappointed with the 25. |
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Crazy weather over there. Welcome to one of the neat side effects of a very convective atmosphere! From last week ... http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z362/0471861731/Landscapes/_DSC0441Az_zpszjquo8f0.jpg And a couple years ago, same location ... http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z362/0471861731/Landscapes/lightning_DSC0810Bz_zpsaywuitix.jpg View Quote That second one looks like you caught a bolt going up. |
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