Brilliant Storm! [Archive]

gaijingirl

13-09-2006, 22:37

Well this really is the dog's bollocks!

Haven't seen a storm like this in a while! Just been away to where there's normally a few good humdingers.. but nada!!

Brixton does it in style!! :D

Off out onto the balcony to watch.

wiskey

13-09-2006, 22:38

innit

we were in mago landin earlier and it was a little bit stormy, but this is mental.

AARRGGHH

thunder!!!

*hides*

BiddlyBee

13-09-2006, 22:39

It's over in Camberwell too... I *heart* thunder :cool:

Shippou-Chan

13-09-2006, 22:40

i was just out walking to tesco

i could swear i was building up an electrical charge ... the lightning was all around me and my hair felt tingly....

if i had been out on a moor i thing i would have been looking for some nice nonconducting shelter

Crispy

13-09-2006, 22:40

Fucking ace :)

The high street is chaos - a couple of inches of water on the road and people running around all over the place, lit by almost continuous lighting.

Fuck! that was a big one.

two sheds

13-09-2006, 22:41

nothing here :(

*looks off into the distance hopefully*

RaverDrew

13-09-2006, 22:42

Unreal here in Norwood, lightning every 10 secs for the last ten minutes :cool:

Pelting it down with rain.

N1 Buoy

13-09-2006, 22:43

It's getting a bit spectacular in N. London too :cool: . I'm glad I got in before it arrived

Loki

13-09-2006, 22:43

Some of the flashes are awful close, I'm thinking about switching me puter off - an electric storm killed my laptop in greece once :eek:

gaijingirl

13-09-2006, 22:43

My cats are taking it very well surprisingly!

Great out here on't balcony... flash BANG!!! :D

toggle

13-09-2006, 22:45

My cats are taking it very well surprisingly!

Great out here on't balcony... flash BANG!!! :D

Mine are sitting on the windowsill looking out at it and looking smug. Same as they do every day.

There's quite an impressive display of lightning here as well.

BiddlyBee

13-09-2006, 22:54

:( thunder's gone now.

tendril

13-09-2006, 22:56

passed through shoreditch with bells on :D

wiskey

13-09-2006, 22:57

the hills 6inches deep in water :D

we had to shut the windows as the rain was watering the plants inside :o

fogbat

13-09-2006, 23:20

It soaked our next-to-the-window stairs in a matter of seconds, here in East London.
Very impressive :)

Is summer now officially dead? :(

supercity

14-09-2006, 00:13

I think with global warming, the humidity and all, we're getting our very own far east-style rainy season. And Thames Water still won't catch it all.

Skim

14-09-2006, 06:43

I slept through it :confused:

ZUL

14-09-2006, 07:53

I just arrived to London, and what a welcome!!!

pootle

14-09-2006, 08:17

I slept through it :confused:

Me too...my insomnia is obviously over! :D

Minnie_the_Minx

14-09-2006, 09:47

Last night's storm was excellent.

Are we due any more?

PieEye

14-09-2006, 09:48

We watched it on the balcony as well! And I locked Dub out!! Ha haaa!!! :D :cool:

Dubversion

14-09-2006, 09:50

ha haaa

http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/collections/archives/agalleries/1918flu/Ncp1603.jpg

editor

14-09-2006, 09:54

Minnie_the_Minx

14-09-2006, 09:57

I failed miserably to take a picture.

Sets camera up on tripod on self timer.

Click....wait....nothing.. shutter closes.
<massive sky-illuminating display of lightning>

Click....wait....nothing.. shutter closes.
<massive sky-illuminating display of lightning>

Click....wait....nothing.. shutter closes.
<massive sky-illuminating display of lightning>

I've often wondered about that. :confused: Has anyone actually EVER got hit by lightning whilst taking a photo of it?

I was going to last night but thought I'd better not

tarannau

14-09-2006, 09:58

That was one impressive beast of a storm. So close was the lightning that the thunder just sounded like a continuous roar for minutes.

It was all quite entertaining until the sheer weight of water made a mockery of the roof on our lean-to/back room thing. Water was literally pouring over the top of the walls as water overwhelmed the guttering.

Still, we got to paddle in 2 inches of indoor paddling pool. And the (indoor) plants got a damn good water.

BiddlyBee

14-09-2006, 09:59

Was just going to ask if anyone got any pics :D

gaijingirl

14-09-2006, 10:11

I think gaijinboy got one that might be quite good on his camera phone! But he's got it at the mo so can't see till later.

Mrs Magpie

14-09-2006, 10:19

We got back last night to a completely sodden bed because despite asking BL to close the window before we went out, he privately decided the possibility of rain coming through an open window was very unlikely :mad:

Donna Ferentes

14-09-2006, 11:21

That's not very appealing
But it's worse when through the ceiling (http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=5048857&postcount=41)

etnea

14-09-2006, 11:26

Oooh that was GREAT. I love storms and that was the first proper one there's been for ages. Woke up to the first crash of thunder and watched the rest of the storm through my window, curled up in bed, feeling smug and cosy.
Anyone know if there's more to come?

editor

14-09-2006, 11:34

I've often wondered about that. :confused: Has anyone actually EVER got hit by lightning whilst taking a photo of it?If I could have found my ruddy shutter release remote control then I would have almost certainly been able to grab a few shots. Bah!