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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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Just had a whopper of a thunderstorm go right over my head. Lightning, hailstones.. the full works. People in the street scattering for shelter like insects when you lift up a rock. So in the last day or so I think I've now had virtually all the weather you can get other than snow. Just what the heck is going on up there?
Jon
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stuartpengs
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:00 pm
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Location: In the night garden.
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Where abouts in the world was that Jon?
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm
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And you're on the computer? That's what happens when you live on a spinning ball of rock with an atmosphere.
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cloaked_wolf
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I love thunderstorms but they normally happen here in late Summer, esp near the end of August.
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Zippy
Spends far too much time on here
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Location: Here Abouts
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Mmm, I grew up in Italy where they were frequent and dramatic, I formed a lifelong love of them and when we moved back to the UK I couldn't rely on them happening often enough naturally, so I bought a CD of "Thunderstorms in the Wilderness" by a guy called Dan Gibson and it's brilliant, 50 + minutes of proper tropical thunderstorm with rain and everything. Perfect for falling asleep to.  _________________The Official "Saucy Minx"  This above all: To Thine Own Self Be True "Red sky at night, Shepherds Delight"..Which is a bit like Shepherds Pie, but with whipped topping instead of mashed potato.
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RedFlames
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:04 pm
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Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
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i want thunderstorms... haven't seen/heard a decent one in *ages*
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am
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Location: Manchester.
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It's hailing over north Manchester.
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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That's me. North west of Manchester to be precise, although friends in Blackburn and central Manchester both got it as well. Proper hailstones (odd enough in May) quickly followed by a proper thunderstorm which lasted for about 20 minutes. Jon
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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It's pretty well isolated TBF. I've got a decent UPS/surge protector between it and the power lines and the internet connection goes underground inside the walls. So the only way the computer is going to get hit is via me, at which point the state of the computer is the least of my problems. personally, I think I've upset the gods. Jon
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Nick
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:36 pm
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Location: Portsmouth
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I think being struck by lightening would be quite a good experience. So long as I lived, of course. Which I reckon I probably would tbh
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oceanicitl
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Location: London
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Randomly resurrecting an old thread for no reason It's raining here _________________Still the official cheeky one
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okenobi
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Location: Sestriere, Piemonte, Italia
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Got caught in one such storm last night whilst driving two lovely young ladies to dinner at the south end of the lake. Fork lighting, torrential rain and gentlemanly tactics everywhere. I love them.
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