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thunderstorms
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Posted by: redwench
weve had tstorms here for 2 days. i love storms. they excite me. any one wanna come and play with me?
Posted by: Digitalphatman
Lightening and thunder are the coolest things to watch!. Tornados are fun too although its not the best idea in the world to watch them close up.
But its sucks because cleveland never gets hit with any cool storms, everywhere around us does but not us.
Posted by: Swilo
M'm thunder. BOOM The lightning I don't like unless I have sunglasses, it burns...
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
We've had some severe lightning here the last few days. The best part about it is I have an uninterruptable power supply..hehe
Heat lightning is the best around here though. I live across from a lake and it's real awsome to see in the Summer.
Posted by: redwench
yep, my ups has been going nuts the last 2 days. and i love tornados too. wish wed get more of them around here. as long as they dont hit my house. 
Posted by: Gerbilo
I have seen some cool ass lightning around here lately, I don't really like it when i have any electronics on, all I have is a surge protector, no ups lol i just look at it all at weatherchannel.com or whatever 
Posted by: Chako
I have had the unpleasurable experience of almost getting hit twice in my life. After such events, I don't like thunderstorms much anymore. I don't run or hide under the blankets, but I make sure I am well enough indoors.
By the way, if you ever experience something that goes like this:
1) All your hair stands up on end (you have split seconds to kiss the dirt).
2) you will then hear (if your lucky) a weird "Ziiiiiiiing" sound (this is good because this means your still alive and that you were not the easiest conduit to ground. This is bad because that was a close one. Oddly enough…when your this close…you don’t hear the loud thunder…at least I haven’t (twice).
3) Take a deep breath and smell all that good carcinogenic ozone....best stuff you will ever smell once your heart slows down to normal.
You won't be saying "I love T storms". Now rain is very nice..soothing, and relaxing. 
Posted by: -Memnoch-
The Tampa Bay region is the number one place listed for the most lightning strikes in America. I have seen so many things get hit in the 15 years I have lived here its not even surprising anymore.
Most recently I was standing about 20 feet from a telephone pole, the sky was dark at 3pm and the storms were moving in. As Chako explained the feel of static started up and myself and two other guys gave the "O Crap" look at each other.
Crack, The telephone pole was gone. What looked like toothpicks covered the ground. Nobody was hurt. This time anyway.
I have seen lightning hit almost everything. The logic (if any) is beyond me to understand.
Imagine, if you can seeing 1500 lightning strikes in less then an hour. That’s nothing during the rainy season here. That’s a normal storm.
We tend to keep our karma clean around here.
And never, I mean never: do I ask God for a sign that he is really here.
Wanna see something really wicked?
Watch lightning hit a power sub station from about a half mile away. That will show you just how nasty nature can be.
Posted by: redwench
heh. chako, did it ever occur to you not to be standing outside in a tstorm? and you a science teacher. i watch from the safety of a roofed shelter, usually indoors :P
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