Thunderstorms - anyone else being deluged?

[Ming the Merciless]

I'm pouring my heart into this thread.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

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[Paulus]

We had a pretty impressive storm about 6.30 last night with very little rain. This morning I was awoken by another impressive storm with some spectacular lightning and loud thunder at 04.30. It has been rumbling more or less all morning so far with a few heavy showers.

 

[Dave7]

I (genuinely) got struck by lightning some years ago.
Walking to the pub across some open land. It was raining and I had my brolly up when it struck. I remember the sensation as it shot 'through' me.
Cant recall what footwear I had on but assume that is what saved me.
I do remember breaking the land speed record as I ran to the pub and ordered a large whisky.

 

[ColinJ]

Only on a British forum could you have a thread about rain.

Well, we aren't going to be talking about encountering lions or elephants on our rides, are we!

 

[ColinJ]

I (genuinely) got struck by lightning some years ago.
Walking to the pub across some open land. It was raining and I had my brolly up when it struck. I remember the sensation as it shot 'through' me.
Cant recall what footwear I had on but assume that is what saved me.

Not really... The lightning bolt will have travelled 5-50 miles through the air to hit you, so it isn't going to be stopped by the soles of your shoes!

A young man was walking across some open space near my sister's local shops when he was hit by a lightning bolt. "His clothes were blackened and one of his shoes had completely disintegrated."

 

[classic33]

Well, we aren't going to be talking about encountering lions or elephants on our rides, are we!

Down the valley, possibly.
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/new...sightings-of-a-panther-like-big-cat-1-2538594

https://www.hebdenbridgetimes.co.uk/news/people/catbeast-sighting-in-west-yorkshire-1-7138804

https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/mystery-of-the-cat-beast-1-1953180

 

[ColinJ]

I have seen Llamas and Alpacas on my rides... but never during a thunderstorm!

 

[swee'pea99]

I (genuinely) got struck by lightning some years ago.
Walking to the pub across some open land. It was raining and I had my brolly up when it struck. I remember the sensation as it shot 'through' me.
Cant recall what footwear I had on but assume that is what saved me.
I do remember breaking the land speed record as I ran to the pub and ordered a large whisky.

This set me to thinking about the guy who got hit numerous times. Of course Wiki had the full sp:

"Roy Cleveland Sullivan (February 7, 1912 – September 28, 1983) was a United States park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Between 1942 and 1977, Sullivan was hit by lightning on seven different occasions and survived all of them. ...Sullivan was described as a brawny man with a broad, rugged face, who resembled the actor Gene Hackman. He was avoided by people later in life because of their fear of being hit by lightning..."

The last bit made me laugh out loud, prompting a query from my daughter, who told me she once heard about a woman so traumatised by a strke that she had to undergo extended therapy. After a year or so, her therapist, in a 'get back in the saddle' vein, said 'there's a storm coming right now. What I need you to do is...' You'll never guess what happened next...

 

[Fab Foodie]

Coming or going?

Not going to Billund!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Flying buses, whatever next?

Personal jetpack I was promised whan I was a nipper....

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Still nowt in Leicester. It did try and rain at dinner time but it was a really pathetic attempt.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Nothing here either, just a bit cooler today than yesterday.

 

[potsy]

We finally got rain, 5 minutes after I set out on a dog walk

 

[Drago]

Oh yeah!

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