Just got Punched by Lighting!!

Woot Real nasty storm just rolled thru, i was standing on the Front Porch Facing the wind like i usually do( i love storms me and my mom or Storm Chasers) Anyways Lighting hit about 100-150 yards away and it damn near Knocked me off my Feet, it felt like I got Punched in the chest Rofl it RoCKED!.
Anyone else get Off 2 Storms? We chased a Tornado when i was 15-16 in Fort Worth and Had it on Video* Its now used in Training Videos, because its one of the closest to a live tornado* Bent Billboards in half and crap I just love Bad Weather=D

I like watching storms, but not really into chasing them. We some pretty strong storms roll through Indiana yesterday. I think there might have been two or three tornadoes of them.

we had a light breeze and a spot of rain earlier....

Had a short violent one here (Central NY), just today.

Was playing Red Baron the night the infamous Labor Day storm blew through here, went out on the porch to watch all the violence, thought it might be a hurricane it was so powerful. Awesome, and I don't use the word often.

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we had a couple of thunderstorms earlier today. i love lightning and thunder

l ike to just sit in the rain and think...or read but then i have to sit under the umbrella to keep the water off the book and i love the rain drop sprinkleing over my skin,it's such a pleasant experiance,i was out on a old tree stump in my back yard and lightning struck across the street,i felt the ground thump(for lack of a better word) i think if i hadn't been on the stump i would've goten one hell of a shock

we're supposed to get violent thunderstorms in virginia

Thats the downside to BC, never get big thunderstorms anymore. Used to get them all the time in Ontario. Sucks to that.

We had a string of thunderstorms here, i think they were probly the same ones you're talking about(north texas area?)

I've always been interested in storm chasing but never knew what to do. I don't want to just grab a video camera and drive thru a tornado not knowing what the hell I'm doing.

i was watchin one from a hotel balcony and the building got struck by lightning that was bad ass cause we were leanin on the metal railing!

storm season is a few weeks ahead man you dont like getting stuck in those shit we get lotsa high floods here n it sux! stupid illegal loggers!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by RidingHigh

Woot Real nasty storm just rolled thru, i was standing on the Front Porch Facing the wind like i usually do( i love storms me and my mom or Storm Chasers) Anyways Lighting hit about 100-150 yards away and it damn near Knocked me off my Feet, it felt like I got Punched in the chest Rofl it RoCKED!.
Anyone else get Off 2 Storms? We chased a Tornado when i was 15-16 in Fort Worth and Had it on Video* Its now used in Training Videos, because its one of the closest to a live tornado* Bent Billboards in half and crap I just love Bad Weather=D

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You're brave. I have a huge fear of lightning. If I hear thunder outside, my heart starts racing and I refuse to go outside until the storm passes

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We had a string of thunderstorms here, i think they were probly the same ones you're talking about(north texas area?)

I've always been interested in storm chasing but never knew what to do. I don't want to just grab a video camera and drive thru a tornado not knowing what the hell I'm doing.

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Yea North Texas Storms. If your interested in Storm chasing You can take classes to become a Official Storm chaser, get you a HAM radio and a nice Video Camera and u'd be set=P Its pretty fun.

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Originally Posted by Mojavpa

You're brave. I have a huge fear of lightning. If I hear thunder outside, my heart starts racing and I refuse to go outside until the storm passes

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Rofl may sound stupid but i feel Like One with god in a Nasty Storm when im standing out in it. Ever seen forest Gump? The Shrimp boat scene Im Lt Dan=) rofl, not brave stupid=P ROFL

well, i got a ham radio and video camera already...where do you take the classes?

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we had a light breeze and a spot of rain earlier....

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haha yeah mate. btw people LONDON LOOKS AWESME AND NIGHT AND ON A SUNNY DAY<, but has anybody seen that Channel 4 advertisment(like after the adverts where its going thru them manky flats),
I used to live in somwhere quite similar! Fukin Trash I tell ya!
The weather here never gets too drastic, but its never too warm neither!!

Happy Medium I think! :D

I love storms, I also love living, therefore I do not chase them.

Rofl Not alot of people die frmom chasing them.

I love big lightning storms. When I lived in Florida we would have one almost every day during the summer. Once I saw lightning hit a tree across the street from us and it was like a bomb went off. It was wild. Now I live out here in California and we almost never see any lightning. Just cold grey rain in the winter and almost no rain at all from May to October

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well, i got a ham radio and video camera already...where do you take the classes?

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Check it out on the net.

Man I wish we got extreme weather in england... all we get is weather that makes my mood crap. But if it was extreme id be tense.. and oo the excitment!

Id love a real big storm to happen, but not hurt anyone or any of my property... am I awake?

Once, while backpacking in the Sierras, a freak storm rolled in(we didn't have the Weather Channel back then)just as we were emerging from the treeline at about 10,000ft. Above us was a bare wilderness of granite outcroppings and glacier slicks.
We settled back against the trees and watched the most glorious fireworks display, only a 1000 feet above. Did you know that when lightning strikes different kinds of rocks, it puts off different colored sparks? At least that is how it looked! Of course, soon we were seeing all kinds of crazy lights and colors from the mega-flashes retained on our retinas. My ears felt numb from being at ground ZER0, and all my hair was standing up and waving about. Torrential rain made us decide this as a sign we should go home.
Later, I read an article about some hikers who were right in the midst of it. They took 'shelter' among some rocks, but got 3rd degree burns on their backs from splashes of molten rock(the sparks I saw?).
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oh wow thats insane! wish i could have been there. minus the burns=P