Comments | gehayi: Storm 3.0

gehayi

Storm 3.0

Jun 23, 2012 11:33

Yesterday, a storm blew up out of nowhere ( Read more... )

weather outside is frightful, power outage

Comments 16

rubygirl29 June 23 2012, 15:52:48 UTC

I heard about the storm on the Today Show this morning. I've learned not to trust the weather stations as they're nearly always wrong!

I was across the street from a lightning strike, once. The hair on my arms stood on end and I could taste the electricity. It struck an old pine tree which went up in flames, which didn't last long as it was pouring buckets. The fire department came -- gorgeous firemen -- That I really remember! LOL.

I'm glad you're okay, the power is on, and I'm surprised that your computer wasn't fried. Whew!

gehayi June 24 2012, 05:43:59 UTC

I'm very glad that it wasn't fried! That would have been heart-breaking.

We had another power outage tonight. Another transformer blew. But the power came back in an hour and a half.

sunnyskywalker June 23 2012, 19:01:17 UTC

Yikes! I'm glad you're okay!

gehayi June 24 2012, 05:44:38 UTC

Thanks! (And I'm very glad too!)

bookblather June 23 2012, 19:01:18 UTC

June is TOTALLY hurricane season, and you are not silly at all for worrying about hurricanes after that nonsense. *hugs*

gehayi June 24 2012, 05:49:57 UTC

Oh, dear. I thought hurricane season didn't start until September. Well, hopefully this won't happen again. And thank you for understanding!

asphodeline June 23 2012, 19:07:59 UTC

I love a good storm but not like you've described. So glad you're ok. We're having stupid weather - high winds and torrential rain which is all wrong for here in June. We all need some normal weather.

gehayi June 24 2012, 05:50:54 UTC

I'd say that's wrong! That doesn't sound like U.K. weather at ALL. I hope that it calms down soon.

kriz1818 June 23 2012, 20:12:51 UTC

Wow. I'm glad I didn't see any lighting strikes *that* close - and glad you got power restored relatively quickly.

I was watching the weather radar on Wunderground when it started. From a warning point of view, the problem was that it DEVELOPED right over central CT - instead of blowing in from somewhere in the west. Sheer rotten bad luck is what it was.

gehayi June 24 2012, 05:52:31 UTC

Thanks. I'm glad too!

I hadn't heard of Wunderground, but I'll check it out.

From a warning point of view, the problem was that it DEVELOPED right over central CT - instead of blowing in from somewhere in the west. Sheer rotten bad luck is what it was.

Oh, dear. That's inconvenient. But it explains a lot.