Thunder Storms
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Who enjoys a good thunder storm. One has just started here and its pretty mental luckily I'm sat in work in the dry. Wish I had my camera though so I could try and get some photo's :)
"When will I learn? The answers to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle. They're on TV" - Homer Simpson
Storm's are cool but when the thunder strikes my wife goes crazy and tries to hide under the bed
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Nothing better than lying in the bed, nice and warm, in a good storm. I love it.
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Christian Graus wrote:
Nothing better than lying in the bed, nice and warm, in a good storm. I love it.
There are some exceptions: one night, about a month ago I was awaked up from a thunder storm and I went barely sleeping to the living room to close the window. In the very moment I touched the window frame a lightning hit the fire-escape some four foot from my face. I instantly loosed my sleep and become blind and deaf during a 10 seconds. So I also like thunder storms, but a close encounter with a lightning is a little too much.
The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word.
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Who enjoys a good thunder storm. One has just started here and its pretty mental luckily I'm sat in work in the dry. Wish I had my camera though so I could try and get some photo's :)
"When will I learn? The answers to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle. They're on TV" - Homer Simpson
Gretna wrote:
Who enjoys a good thunder storm.
I enjoy a thunderstorm, but the violently rotating columns of air that make contact with the ground, that sometimes accompany these storms, are a little disconcerting. I enjoy the sound of a steady rain on a tin roof...it's one of those pleasures that seems to be dying off with grandpa's generation.
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. Me blog, You read
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However stupid it might sound, I'm envying you for your storms. In Sweden it's only getting grey, wet, windy and cold X|
last night there were 4 huge thunder heads growing. No anvils, those are the truly powerful ones. But all 4 were being lit up by lightning all throughout the thunderhead about once every 10 seconds. About twice a minute a strike hit the ground. I almost pulled out the camera, even though lightning struck work only a few buildings down earlier in the day. That was a gentle reminder not to fall back on old habits I think.... ;) Now I do cave and landscape photography, generally caves don't try any sneek attacks on your person. ;)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
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Gretna wrote:
Who enjoys a good thunder storm.
I enjoy a thunderstorm, but the violently rotating columns of air that make contact with the ground, that sometimes accompany these storms, are a little disconcerting. I enjoy the sound of a steady rain on a tin roof...it's one of those pleasures that seems to be dying off with grandpa's generation.
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. Me blog, You read
Gary Kirkham wrote:
I enjoy the sound of a steady rain on a tin roof...it's one of those pleasures that seems to be dying off with grandpa's generation.
Nah. I enjoy that as well. Although, I am pretty alone in that.. most people look at me like I have two heads when I tell them I enjoy a good rain. The obsession with sun-worship really makes no sense to me. In the summer, people whine and complain about it being too hot. In the winter or the fall, they "wish it were warm." Make up your bloody mind!
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. - Albert Einstein
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Who enjoys a good thunder storm. One has just started here and its pretty mental luckily I'm sat in work in the dry. Wish I had my camera though so I could try and get some photo's :)
"When will I learn? The answers to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle. They're on TV" - Homer Simpson
Gretna wrote:
Who enjoys a good thunder storm.
I do! I miss the North East thunderstorms. I moved to Seattle 10 years ago and I think I hear thunder and see a lightning strike only once a year. Strange to me, I always wait for another strike but nothing ever happens.
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Who enjoys a good thunder storm. One has just started here and its pretty mental luckily I'm sat in work in the dry. Wish I had my camera though so I could try and get some photo's :)
"When will I learn? The answers to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle. They're on TV" - Homer Simpson
About the times I spend in Oklahoma. The have massive, earth shaking T-Storms in the Spring. It really is quite enjoyable so long as you are not on the wrong end of a Tornado.
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Gary Kirkham wrote:
I enjoy the sound of a steady rain on a tin roof...it's one of those pleasures that seems to be dying off with grandpa's generation.
Nah. I enjoy that as well. Although, I am pretty alone in that.. most people look at me like I have two heads when I tell them I enjoy a good rain. The obsession with sun-worship really makes no sense to me. In the summer, people whine and complain about it being too hot. In the winter or the fall, they "wish it were warm." Make up your bloody mind!
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. - Albert Einstein
I have. I gripe about the sun all summer long and then make fun of all my cow-orkers for wearing coats in the winter. 30F is a nice day. 20 is brisk. 0 is invigorating. -10 with a 30 degree windchill, is a matter of principle. Except when I've carried my emergency coat in/out on my arm to wash it none of the receptionists where I work have ever seen my coat.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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However stupid it might sound, I'm envying you for your storms. In Sweden it's only getting grey, wet, windy and cold X|
Shit happens sometimes. Was it 2 or 3 years ago when much of west Sweden was (literally) blown into smithereens?
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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Shit happens sometimes. Was it 2 or 3 years ago when much of west Sweden was (literally) blown into smithereens?
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
True, but storms here are just nasty and grey. Never beautiful like the few thunderstorms I've encountered in the US. :((
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last night there were 4 huge thunder heads growing. No anvils, those are the truly powerful ones. But all 4 were being lit up by lightning all throughout the thunderhead about once every 10 seconds. About twice a minute a strike hit the ground. I almost pulled out the camera, even though lightning struck work only a few buildings down earlier in the day. That was a gentle reminder not to fall back on old habits I think.... ;) Now I do cave and landscape photography, generally caves don't try any sneek attacks on your person. ;)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."
I'd love to be in Arizona or Utah again. Especially now that I have a proper camera ...
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I have. I gripe about the sun all summer long and then make fun of all my cow-orkers for wearing coats in the winter. 30F is a nice day. 20 is brisk. 0 is invigorating. -10 with a 30 degree windchill, is a matter of principle. Except when I've carried my emergency coat in/out on my arm to wash it none of the receptionists where I work have ever seen my coat.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
dan neely wrote:
I gripe about the sun all summer long and then make fun of all my cow-orkers for wearing coats in the winter. 30F is a nice day. 20 is brisk. 0 is invigorating. -10 with a 30 degree windchill, is a matter of principle.
Oh man. Man after my own heart. I love being freezing. It helps that I have a very active metabolism that keeps me warm even when everone else is shivering.. But, that's not why I love the rain. I love the rain because when it is grey and rainy, everything seems more... alive. Sounds are sharper, colors more vivid, and the scientific reason is that the intensity of the reflected light is higher relative to the ambient light (and the higher humidity dulls traveling sounds). Still, it brings me a sense of peace. I am happiest when it is perpetually grey.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. - Albert Einstein
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Who enjoys a good thunder storm. One has just started here and its pretty mental luckily I'm sat in work in the dry. Wish I had my camera though so I could try and get some photo's :)
"When will I learn? The answers to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle. They're on TV" - Homer Simpson
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Who enjoys a good thunder storm. One has just started here and its pretty mental luckily I'm sat in work in the dry. Wish I had my camera though so I could try and get some photo's :)
"When will I learn? The answers to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle. They're on TV" - Homer Simpson
I love thunderstorms. Especially the part when I get home from a 10 hour day at work, kick off my shoes, open a beer, and the phone rings. It's my boss asking if I would be available to patrol the power lines in the dark on a stormy night with nothing but a flashlight, to look for downed lines, blown fuses, or busted jumpers. On mud roads, two feet deep with reddish slime that wants to suck my truck under if I dare to stop for two seconds, and visibility 6" past the hood of my vehicle. Of course, I only have a quarter tank of fuel, and since the power is out I can't buy more - the pumps don't work. Of course I love them - I need the overtime pay, and I don't have any problem working 22 hours straight through. :-D
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