Dave Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 How fun/frightening are they? I'm sat on site in one of a number of metal cabins and lightning just struck one of them sending sparks flying everywhere and causing a load of nearby house and car alarms to go off. It's now absolutely bucketing it down and there's a massive clap of thunder every 30secs or so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I was in the Hertz car rentals car park which is right next to one of the runways at Heathrow. As we stood there, Concorde took off, creating such a noise that it must have set off about 500 car alarms at once. Shortly after, a very put-upon looking Hertz employee came out, carrying about 500 car alarm fobs, and looking very, very pissed off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Fucking mint one a few years ago, water was shooting out of the drains about 7 ft in the air, cars were sweeping through 2ft of water and drenching charvers, it was fucking hossing it down and we were watching the sheet and fork lightening from out my mate's attic windows with Kraftwerk's "Das Boot" blasting out at full volume. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Fkn love them, I have just added how to photograph lightning in the Photogaphy how to thread. Extreme weather is great man, we don't get really good electrical storms over here though sure I have said before on here my ideal holiday is going to the USA and spenign 2 weeks storm chaseing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Fuck yeah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKPwkau0Dh0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I thought this thread was gonna be about the U2 song. Cracking song it is aswell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Two more loud rolls of thunder and the rain has just completely stopped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northerngimp Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I dont know about electrical storms but there has been a shit storm over SJP for the last 4/5 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Love 'em, in general, but one time last year was scared to death running through a wood as a ma-hassive storm raged overhead. Rain coming down in sheets and absolutely pitch black except for when, every few seconds, the lightning lit up the entire forest and the surrounding countryside, illuminating all the cows going fucking mental in the field next to the track. Really great experience, but I was sure I was going to die. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 This storm is beyond Blade Runner proportions like. It sounds like the end of the world at times. Its fucking brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 How far away from the Toon are you's ? and is it heading this way ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Aye, I'm at the coast and it's still a beautiful day outside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Im in Leeds. Dont think there's a storm in Newcastle at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBG Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Just got drowned in a storm here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Left Newcastle on the metro the other day in bright blue skies and blazing sunshine, got to Shiremoor and there'd just been a monsoon follwed by massive hailstones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 So storm in Leeds now, hmmm hope its heading North then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Thick, thick grey skies in the distance. Guess that's you guys, Dave et al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Just heard a rumble of thunder in Newcastle . Love anything like this , unless i'm in an aeroplane. Had to land in a lightning storm in the USA once, was terrifying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Beautiful weather in Leeds now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Turned out to be a half decent day in North Tyneside. The sky looked full of clouds this morning, looked certain that it was going to rain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Turned out to be a half decent day in North Tyneside. The sky looked full of clouds this morning, looked certain that it was going to rain. Yeah this, had a sweat on coming up the road earlier. Although that's probably because the printers was shutting at 2.30pm and I needed to get there to collect my gear before it closed, so I was kind of half running. Clouds have cleared now though, looking alright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Beautiful weather in Leeds now. Yep, same here in Bradford. You wouldn't believe it was the same day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 It's been like that up here lately, gorgeous sunny weather all day followed by really heavy, relentless pissing rain for two hours, and then it getting sunny again. Just mental. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Been one or two rumbles of thunder in Newcastle, in the last 20mins. Has become cloudy - definitely something on the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Hope there isn't - I'm off out in half an hour! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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