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Question of the Day: What's the most interesting small town you've visited in South Africa?
Lightning Storms hit U.K.
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Sonic2k
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No they don't and they're not used to the kind of lightning I have to deal with every summer, which has made my insurer not want to insure me anymore.
In any case we installed an alarm this past week (long story- I was at home when they tried their luck but I was unable to get them with the car) and when we removed the old system we saw how much of it was klapped by lightning. Its an old problem, the previous owner failed to disclose, as usual.
In any case we installed an alarm this past week (long story- I was at home when they tried their luck but I was unable to get them with the car) and when we removed the old system we saw how much of it was klapped by lightning. Its an old problem, the previous owner failed to disclose, as usual.
koffiejunkie
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Meh, it was nothing more than a mild afternoon thunder in Jo'burg. Those pictures are all long-ish exposures so it looks a lot more impressive.
We *do* get thunderstorms here, but they're few and far between. One or two per season - yes, even in London. But, because England is an island (easy to remember), it has this low island cloud cover, not the high cumulonimbus clouds we're used to on the Highveld. So usually the lightning is, from most people's perspective, above the clouds. I'm sure it protrudes somewhere, but you have to be within a few blocks to see it. The rest of us just see the clouds flashing abit.
We *do* get thunderstorms here, but they're few and far between. One or two per season - yes, even in London. But, because England is an island (easy to remember), it has this low island cloud cover, not the high cumulonimbus clouds we're used to on the Highveld. So usually the lightning is, from most people's perspective, above the clouds. I'm sure it protrudes somewhere, but you have to be within a few blocks to see it. The rest of us just see the clouds flashing abit.
ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
Really? That looks like the very average thunderstorm...
A proper Durban summer thunderstorm would make that lot empty their bowels.
A proper Durban summer thunderstorm would make that lot empty their bowels.
supersunbird
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So no 3 legged Martian war machines yet?
