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weather stories (pg. 2)
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| Lews |
Can't remember any insanely extreme weather, but I almost got hit by lightning once. I was going for a walk, when suddenly it started ing pouring. Turned around and started heading home when I start seeing flashes of lightning and hearing huge roars of thunder. I was a few blocks from home, when, out of nowhere, I'm simultaneously slightly blown backward and momentarily blinded and deafened. I was just in shock, standing there blinking for a bit, before I noticed all the hair on my arms was standing up and that there was a huge charred area roughly ten to twenty feet in front of me.
Checked it out the next day, it appeared that lightning struck some type of metal sprinkler that was built into someone's lawn right next to the sidewalk.
Didn't really scare me that much, just sort of an 'oh , that was close.' I don't really know that much about lightning's effects on humans, but people survive getting struck, right? They just get those weird scares on their skin? |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lews
Didn't really scare me that much, just sort of an 'oh , that was close.' I don't really know that much about lightning's effects on humans, but people survive getting struck, right? They just get those weird scares on their skin? |
I heard a story of a guy who was wearing a gold chain around his neck when he got struck by lightning, and the strike melted the entire chain and fused it underneath his skin. So I doubt it's a particularly pleasant experience, even if you survive. |
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| saluyamo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lews
Can't remember any insanely extreme weather, but I almost got hit by lightning once. I was going for a walk, when suddenly it started ing pouring. Turned around and started heading home when I start seeing flashes of lightning and hearing huge roars of thunder. I was a few blocks from home, when, out of nowhere, I'm simultaneously slightly blown backward and momentarily blinded and deafened. I was just in shock, standing there blinking for a bit, before I noticed all the hair on my arms was standing up and that there was a huge charred area roughly ten to twenty feet in front of me.
Checked it out the next day, it appeared that lightning struck some type of metal sprinkler that was built into someone's lawn right next to the sidewalk.
Didn't really scare me that much, just sort of an 'oh , that was close.' I don't really know that much about lightning's effects on humans, but people survive getting struck, right? They just get those weird scares on their skin? |
An average lightning bolt is something like 30,000 degrees so you'd get badly burnt at the least I'd say. |
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| Trance-MB |
| I just saw someone digging out his sheep in U.K. That was a lot of snow. Awesome the dog could find them underneath the snow. |
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Right now my garden is buried under eight inches of snow. And it's March 23rd. |
It snowed on my graduation day in Rochester on may 20. |
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| Lira |
| You know when was the last time it snowed here!? NEVER! :mad: |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
You know when was the last time it snowed here!? NEVER! :mad: |
I know, right?? ing tropical climates. No fun at all.
(I actually love Brisbane winters, it's the best weather all year :p) |
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| Zewad |
The hottest place in Asia ever recorded was 10 miles from here three years ago.
We already hit 97 a couple weeks ago. Dust storms are the worst here. |
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| OrangestO |
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| Lagrangian |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Right now my garden is buried under eight inches of snow. And it's March 23rd. |
That country of yours cannot function with all that snow.
ing WIMPS |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
I know, right?? ing tropical climates. No fun at all.
(I actually love Brisbane winters, it's the best weather all year :p) |
It's the same all year round here, to be honest. It just happens to rain during the "summer" :p |
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