Thunderstorms

[Nitewaif]

I miss thunderstorms.  All that energy but it makes you feel so at peace.  I remember being a kid, probably 3 or 4, and my dad standing in the doorway looking out while my mother ran around freaking out and trying to make me hide in a bathtub.  I didn't want to, so I ran to dad who picked me up.  He pointed out what he was watching.  We lived up on a hill, down in a valley a few miles off, there was a trailer park.  We watched that thing fly to pieces as a tornado approached.  I'll never forget it- hell of a sight for a little kid. 

Tucson got great lightning shows when I lived there, but it never got storms with the intensity of the ones in the midwest and southeast. 

[brimo]

I remember sitting on a mountain top in Malaysia, watching and listening to a thunder storm below me.
Above me was nothing but blue sky, awesome.

[DarkStaR]

... A lightening strike knocked me down & damaged my old Nikon N65.  It was very surreal.

So, You've been hit by lightning?  That is so bad ass!  I'd tell everybody!!!

[Jobu]

I miss thunderstorms.  All that energy but it makes you feel so at peace.  I remember being a kid, probably 3 or 4, and my dad standing in the doorway looking out while my mother ran around freaking out and trying to make me hide in a bathtub.  I didn't want to, so I ran to dad who picked me up.  He pointed out what he was watching.  We lived up on a hill, down in a valley a few miles off, there was a trailer park.  We watched that thing fly to pieces as a tornado approached.  I'll never forget it- hell of a sight for a little kid. 

Tucson got great lightning shows when I lived there, but it never got storms with the intensity of the ones in the midwest and southeast. 

Shit, living a a couple miles from a trailer park means your house is safe.  As the joke goes, what does a redneck divorce and a tornado have in common?

[KnightofNi]

Shit, living a a couple miles from a trailer park means your house is safe.  As the joke goes, what does a redneck divorce and a tornado have in common?

tall budwiser cans aplenty?

[Jobu]

tall budwiser cans aplenty?

Nah, in the end, somebody is gonna lose a mobile home.

[TiNi]

i know it's the lightning i should be scared of but, i HaTe thunder...

when i was little, i used to count the seconds between the lightning and the thunder to calculate how far away it is .....

... i still do it  

[Jobu]

i know it's the lightning i should be scared of but, i HaTe thunder...

when i was little, i used to count the seconds between the lightning and the thunder to calculate how far away it is .....

... i still do it  

Don't forget to divide by five.  I do it all the time too, guess we're dorks.  

[TiNi]

Don't forget to divide by five.  I do it all the time too, guess we're dorks.  

divide by five 

i've been doing it wrong all these years 

care to share your formula? 

[KnightofNi]

i was listenign to the thunder this morn in the shower.

at times i could hear the rain over the water in the shower.


there was a bit of a storm rolling through.
lots of red on the weather map.

[NAKID]

We're having a nice little T-Storm here now!

[He Man]

We're having a nice little T-Storm here now!

+1 started around 4am, and ended around7 and its 1pm now nad it just started back up

[the_Journeyman]

So, You've been hit by lightning?  That is so bad ass!  I'd tell everybody!!!

Somewhat, not a direct hit as I had no burns, but was shaking to the point of it being a bit before I could see properly and able to feel like I could control my truck.  It was an odd feeling.

JM

[Scottish]

me 3.

i love watchign the water build up and go rushing past.
i also love watching drainage ditches and catch basins, esp during a downpour. my g/f thinks i have issues because of that.

Awesomeness. Brings out the kid in ya. Truthfully I enjoy extreme weather, nothing bores me faster than 70* with light overcast and no wind. Actually scratch that, I dislike dry heat too, so AZ, NM sucks for me(shitballs I live in NM.. DAMMIT!). 

[somegirl]

divide by five 

i've been doing it wrong all these years 

care to share your formula? 

Count the number of seconds between the lightning and thunder.

Divide by five and you have approximately the number of miles you are from the storm's center.