Thunder bolt of lightning, very very frightening

[~»tobi«~]

Galileo Figaro!!

Oops I got carried away there. This thread is not about Queen and Freddy, it is about thunder and lightning storms.

I absolutely love them. The louder the bang the better, the larger the lightning bolt the better. I like to go sit on my porch during a storm and watch and smell the ozone of the lightning.

My best friend is terrified of storms. She has to be inside, away from windows and water, and she yelps like a dog by a rocking chair every time a thunder boomer goes off.

Do you like storms or do they scare you?

[The Shining Wizard]

I'm with you. I admire storms and lightning and thunder etc. I almost always go out and stand in the balcony whenever there's thunder/lightning along with heavy rain.

[naomi.]

as soon as there's a thunderstorm, i'm either out in it or chasing it into the countryside to watch the lightning bolts

[The Shining Wizard]

I suddenly have this mental image of Helen Hunt in a Jeep chasing a twister....

[( HEATHER )]

I like them just as long as i am not trying to go to bed anytime soon. I am the type that can not sleep when its light out and the noise wakes me up too obviously hah. I do like them any other time though.

This past year we had a massive thunderstorm in our area and we were in our living room and a power surge was sent through our house burning out two of our lightbulbs. It was only a few seconds long and our power generated back up after that so we had no idea what it was. This was at the same time that we heard the loudest shrieking pop and roar that we had ever heard. When we went outside to investigate the wind damage and everything we saw what the noise and cause for power surge had been. Lightning had struck right outside our house hitting one of our trees sending shards of wood all over the freaking place, and it split the poor tree right down the middle almost to the bottom of the trunk..lets just say it took a long while to clean up. Lol, scared me senseless but after the fact it was the coolest thing.

[~»tobi«~]

May 16, 2009 9:59:44 GMT -8 naomi. said:

as soon as there's a thunderstorm, i'm either out in it or chasing it into the countryside to watch the lightning bolts

Me too. I have no fear of being struck ( I'm not sure if that is bravery or stupidity ;D ) I love storms.

[naomi.]

May 16, 2009 10:02:14 GMT -8 The Shining Wizard said:

I suddenly have this mental image of Helen Hunt in a Jeep chasing a twister....

i've wanted to be a storm chaser all my life, but i hate science, so it'd have to be a hobby.

an expensive and dangerous hobby at that

May 16, 2009 10:03:19 GMT -8 ~»tobi«~ said:

May 16, 2009 9:59:44 GMT -8 naomi. said:

as soon as there's a thunderstorm, i'm either out in it or chasing it into the countryside to watch the lightning bolts

Me too. I have no fear of being struck ( I'm not sure if that is bravery or stupidity ;D ) I love storms.

haha the thought of being struck doesn't even strike me (no pun intended, i swear!).

i'd say it's selective naivety?

[o24h]

I love storms too but I have a respect for them as well. Living here in the south eastern part of the states we have storms weekly, the thunder claps are so loud I'd swear the roof jumps a couple feet, pictures on the walls have moved, etc. The lightening bolts are a fantastic sight to see but no one here stays near a window for too long.
When storms start here you keep your eyes on the skies and tune in for weather alerts as you never know when a tornado may hit.

[aether]

I love thunderstorms. But there aren't too many good ones where I'm from.

[shinta01]

You would've loved the thunderstorm we had over here just the other night then Tobi. Loud thunder and some big lighting man. A few years ago we used to have one hell of a few lighting storms that would cost us power...

I want to run out there with a sword and yell, "THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!"

[ToriJ]

I hate thunderstorms! I can't stand thunder and I can't stand lighting!

[HoudiniDerek]

I like storms as long as they are not destructive...just beautiful.

[MarvinRules]

I do not go outside during ligtning storms. I have almost been struck by lighting 3 times... I would like to avoid a direct hit.


I love that song!

[ŠΗäMΘηΘ]

Thunderstorms are great! ;D Except when they cause the power to go out. I haven't had a really good storm for 6 or 7 years now though.

[B L I Z Z]

I dislike them. I don't really care unless they shut off the power in my area. Now that just makes me angry. I get so bored.