well, that was fun

[jasmineskie]

Not.

I now know what it's like to be in the path of a severe thunderstorm. :/ Was very lucky, nothing really close was hit by lightning. The closest strike I saw was less than a quarter mile away near some view houses at the top of the hill. There could have been a closer strike behind the house that I didn't see; the enormous crash of thunder was almost simultaneous with the lightning flash, and the thunder was strong enough to shake the house.

At the height of the storm I quit counting lightning strikes because they were happening every three or four seconds. I'm not kidding. I stood outside on my front porch by the hose just in case lightning set the dry grass in the field next door on fire, but thankfully that didn't happen. Lightning did start lots of fires, but the storm also dumped lots of rain that put out most of the fires. Also caused a flash flood in a neighborhood a couple of miles from where I live.

Kinda freaky.

Then there's the funny part.

Hubby's off gaming tonight. He called about nine forty-five to find out if we had power at home. (We did.) The power had been knocked out at the game shop at hour earlier and hadn't come back on, but the die-hard gamers were still playing by the light of their cells phones. :P

Comments

[jasmineskie.livejournal.com]

*snickers* I've used my cell phone to find my way in the dark, so I guess I shouldn't laugh *too* hard.

[loyaldreamer.livejournal.com]

Fuck the lightening.

Damn stupid thing :P

*hugs*

[jasmineskie.livejournal.com]

My sentiments too, after an hour of the stuff. :P

*hugs*

[unplugged32.livejournal.com]

I live in fear of losing power; the heat would do me in for sure! And I understand your fear of fire; it doesn't rain here from May till November and summer fires are terrifying:/

[jasmineskie.livejournal.com]

I've been too close to a bunch of wildfires too many times not to be worried about them. The only good thing for the people who did lose power is that the rain cooled things down. Last night was the first good night's sleep I've gotten in over a week because it was cooler in the house. Of course, it's supposed to be 101F today again. :/ Ah well. It was nice while it lasted. :)

[clex_monkie89.livejournal.com]

The power had been knocked out at the game shop at hour earlier and hadn't come back on, but the die-hard gamers were still playing by the light of their cells phones. :P

My brother's exact quote when I told him this? "Yep, yep. We wouldn't let that stop us, who the fuck cares about lights?"

[jasmineskie.livejournal.com]

LOL!! Good to know it's not just hubby and his friends. :)

[viggosterri.livejournal.com]

THAT's dedication!
ROFLMAO!
I love it!

[jasmineskie.livejournal.com]

Dedication/obsession, tomato/tomahto. ;)

*hugs*

[lauralynn22.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the storms didn't do any damage to your place or to you!

But, your husband, too damn funny!

[jasmineskie.livejournal.com]

Reading my flist today, it seems like a lot of places have been having really intense thunder/electrical storms. Weird. And yeah, hubby's phone call definitely made me giggle, which I really needed at the time.

And your icon -- makes me want to wade right in!

[arrowthroughme.livejournal.com]

We had a thunderstorm this afternoon, too, though it wasn't too extreme. Still, the TV was off, the rain seemed to fall from left to right instead of from the sky and there was even some hail. Nothing much happened here; after about half an hour it just stopped and the wetness seemed to evaporate at once from the streets. I just listened to the news and it seems that lots of people had their cellars flooded. The good thing is that the temperature has gone down a bit. Nicki went into the garden at once to do some weeding. She's really addicted now.

When we were in Berlin we had rainfalls like no one there remembers. We were in the city centre and it was so strong and kept on for so long that Nicki and I decided to get the car while her mum was waiting for us at the shop. We got utterly wet despite an umbrella and had to wade through water that was knee-deep. Same with Nicki's mum later. Also the car hardly made it. I guess the pipes under that part of Berlin are very old. We saw lots of people dressed in suits, walking barefoot, carrying their shoes, and lots of young people just splashing. It wasn't fun for those people caught in the underground or whose cars went under, but for all the rest of us it rather was!

And now I'll stop telling rain stories.

[jasmineskie.livejournal.com]

I should probably go out and pull weeds today too -- they'd come out of the ground easier. But it's already really hot and not a cloud in the sky. Yet. We have a chance of more thunderstorms this evening. :/

And wow -- that sounds like some rainstorm the two of you were in! Sheesh! I do love the image of people in business suits walking through the water barefoot, carrying their shoes. :)

[tularia.livejournal.com]

We had a nasty storm go through here last night too! Kicked off the power in the last 5 minutes of Stargate (which I was recording dammit!) so had to wait up for the end of the later ep to finish recording.

Came a flood and the dogs managed to sneak out the side door which had blown open by the awful wind. Oldest son went out to find them, and thankfully they hadn't gone far.

[jasmineskie.livejournal.com]

It seems lots of people from all over had nasty thunderstorms yesterday. Very weird. :/ My cats wanted nothing to do with the storm. When I finally came inside and sat down, they all came and sat around/on me, even the ones who don't normally get along well enough to be in the same area together. Poor nervous babies.