THUNDERSTORM!
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The wife and I were in Louisiana last week and we had a hell of a storm. Where are you at - in the Kansas/Missouri area where the tornado(s) went through last night?
I hear ya. There's something very soothing about it.
Ugh... My mate lives in a house that, according to the previous owners, has been stuck by lightening over thirty times since it was built in 1901.
Even since i spent two days in that house without power, phones and gas, i've hated thunderstorms. Hell, even the genny froze to popsicle.
Even since i spent two days in that house without power, phones and gas, i've hated thunderstorms. Hell, even the genny froze to popsicle.
Pardon. "Genny" is short for generator. Basically the diesel generator we had froze into an ice cube. All i had to get it running was a storm lighter, a swiss army knife and a bottle of scotch. The latter was used to keep myself operational.
I can get that. Between the rumbling of the thunder, the thrumming of the rain and the whistling of the wind, it's strangely soothing.
Having said that, it's quite rare to get really, really dramatic storms in the UK. Sure, thunderstorms happen, but only rarely with full fury. But I've been in some very dramatic ones while on holiday: Greece (complete with water spouts forming in the harbour!), Florida (driving with the storm coming up fast from behind), and Barbados & Mauritius (sheets & sheets of rain without pause).
As long as the lightning doesn't cause power outages, thunderstorms definitely fall into the "cool weather" category.
I hate thunderstorms. The ones I experience are either so intense that they can knock out the power in my area for a day or two (if not more) or they are the precursor to tornadoes.
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Sweet Jebus, I hope everyone in the midwest US is okay! Tornadoes all over Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and I think a few in Alabama, too! There was a tornado west of Louisville, KY that may have been an EF-4, though they can't confirm it until they see the damage. Holton, IN is devastated from what the news can figure, and lots of other towns damaged all to hell. That storm cell missed us by about 15 miles, so all we got was heavy rain, hail and some wind, but just to our south, man!
And if you're in Eastern Ohio, Kentucky, or West Pennsylvania, batten down the hatches, it's coming your way!
And if you're in Eastern Ohio, Kentucky, or West Pennsylvania, batten down the hatches, it's coming your way!
I don't think I've ever experienced a proper thunderstorm, except maybe once or twice in my life. They are rare where I live; sure, we may get really hard rain or big chunks of hail, and it does snow quite a bit just a couple of hours away in the mountains, but thunder and lightning happen maybe only once or twice a year. And from what friends who used to live in other parts of the country have told me, our thunderstorms are very tame compared to what they've experienced elsewhere. I do like them when they happen though, it's exciting. The one time that truly scared me was only a couple of years ago, when it was so loud that I could have sworn the lightning was hitting nearly on top of us. It's scary to hear that giant cracking sound that makes it seem like the earth is splitting into pieces.
