Stormy weather!

[Withnail]

Some pretty awesome lightning going on out there.




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[WildwoodPaul]

And my usual source these events is offline for the first time (wasnt half hour ago) http://www.isleofwightweather.co.uk/live_storm_data.htm

 

[tek-monkey]

Pretty lights!

 

[shoes]

Shit me what a storm! I risked it and went outside to get an unobstructed view - well worth it. soaked now.

I love storms, they look great, sound great, smell great!

 

[Glam]

Looked orate from me bedroom window!

 

[wizzard]

House opposite got hit. Lucky it got the aerial and no one in.

 

[Withnail]

I love storms, they look great, sound great, smell great!

Just before i posted i saw something that looked quite similar to this

What's not to like?

 

[shoes]

aye, i saw a few like that to the north of my location - very impressive!

 

[Withnail]

What's not to like?

House opposite got hit. Lucky it got the aerial and no one in.

Well, apart from that.

 

[shoes]

About 20 or so minutes in a fire engine went screaming past my house (i'm by the morris man - we get a lot of them)...

 

[Withnail]

My brother's house once got hit by lightning and his telly blew up - literally. No one was in the room at the time thankfully.

True story.

 

[wmrcomputers]

I'm gutted! I live for storms and only bloody missed it whilst having a flutter at Grosvenor in Hanley tonight. Bahhhhhhh!!!!

PS - If it starts again in the night can someone ring me and wake me please??

 

[wmrcomputers]

According to MSN weather, Friday 13th we should be due a good un!

 

[Gramaisc]

My brother's house once got hit by lightning and his telly blew up - literally. No one was in the room at the time thankfully.

True story.

I saw a tree struck when I was about nine - jagged, burning lumps of timber about the size of railway sleepers were hurled about the place - not standing under trees in thunderstorms is good advice....

 

[John Marwood]

Actuate?

Capture?

Cutthecrapitsjustasnap

 

[Withnail]

My brother's house once got hit by lightning and his telly blew up - literally. No one was in the room at the time thankfully.

True story.

I saw a tree struck when I was about nine - jagged, burning lumps of timber about the size of railway sleepers were hurled about the place - not standing under trees in thunderstorms is good advice....

Unplugging your aerial might be wise too - especially if you're off on holiday.

 

[WildwoodPaul]

Where would one be best placed to view storms in Stafford?

Barr Beacon always used to be my fav spot but a little far now.

Paul

 

[Withnail]

I imagine Castle Hill would be a good place - high up but next to a higher thing?

Not tried it myself but it sounds like it might make sense?

 

[jacs]

When I was a child a friend got struck by lightning and killed while waiting at a bus stop, so it kind of freaks me out. My puppy didn't like it either - he was barking like mad, and the cat hid under the bed.

 

[Gramaisc]

Lightning deaths in the UK are on a downward trend, apparently - usually around four a year these days - this may be due to less people working in agriculture, etc - it was around 20 at the beginning of the last century.