skycat 6,174 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Probably not the longest thunderstorm ever, but certainly the longest I've known: started around 1am last night and is still going strong now, and talk about rain! Coming down in sheets: gutters overflowing, garden trashed, and had to physically shove the dogs out for a pee around 5.30am in a brief lull in the rain. A couple of thunder claps last night were so loud that they hurt my ears and battered my guts; came downstairs to that lovely smell of a dog's anal glands gone splat! She was always a bit worried by thunder: this morning you could say that she's now completely desensitized to it Not a care in the world. And God knows the garden needed water: from desert to swamp in one short night Better than the heat we had yesterday: over 33o C Anyone else had mega storms last night? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 same here, throwing it down and deafening Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob190364 2,594 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Woke up 20 mins ago and it's raining but I didn't hear any thunder whatsoever in the night.....I'll be well gutted if I've slept through it, I love a good thunder storm!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ossie n Arch 1,682 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Power went out for a while here.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Power went out for a while here.......... early start then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nothernlite 18,089 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) nothing up this way yet but need some get the river up a bit Edited July 23, 2013 by nothernlite Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ossie n Arch 1,682 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Power went out for a while here.......... early start then No, nothing yet. Good job really, coz we're changing 2 poles today on a bit of land iv'e had my eye on for a long while now. Fingers crossed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baw 4,360 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Nothing but heat haze here. I love thunder storms me especially during the night. If you've a half decent camera which you can alter shutter speeds. Have the room pitch black, camera on a tripod pointing to the area of said storm. Put shutter speed to 30 seconds, really slow shutter speed or round about that. Use a remote if you have one and just keep clicking away. You'll be amazed at some of the photos you can get. Been a few years since I've done it, so you'll need to mess about with the aperture for best results. I'd set it to f22 to begin with. End of photography lesson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Nothing but heat haze here. I love thunder storms me especially during the night. If you've a half decent camera which you can alter shutter speeds. Have the room pitch black, camera on a tripod pointing to the area of said storm. Put shutter speed to 30 seconds, really slow shutter speed or round about that. Use a remote if you have one and just keep clicking away. You'll be amazed at some of the photos you can get. Been a few years since I've done it, so you'll need to mess about with the aperture for best results. I'd set it to f22 to begin with. End of photography lesson fuzzy??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Power went out for a while here.......... early start then No, nothing yet. Good job really, coz we're changing 2 poles today on a bit of land iv'e had my eye on for a long while now. Fingers crossed. get off my land Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baw 4,360 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Nothing but heat haze here. I love thunder storms me especially during the night. If you've a half decent camera which you can alter shutter speeds. Have the room pitch black, camera on a tripod pointing to the area of said storm. Put shutter speed to 30 seconds, really slow shutter speed or round about that. Use a remote if you have one and just keep clicking away. You'll be amazed at some of the photos you can get. Been a few years since I've done it, so you'll need to mess about with the aperture for best results. I'd set it to f22 to begin with. End of photography lesson fuzzy??? Well for you obviously but no mate, the lightning only lasts a split second and its intense brightness gets captured. I've had whole clouds lit up, can be worth money too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Read somewhere that a thunderstorm can't last more then 55 minutes ?... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Read somewhere that a thunderstorm can't last more then 55 minutes ?... this one obviously has not read that book over 7 hrs and still its rumbling on Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arcticgun 4,548 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 started here at 7.50am, some amount of rain, thunder loud as feck, let the dogs out foa quick splash and am back off to bed lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,818 Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Read somewhere that a thunderstorm can't last more then 55 minutes ?... Apparently a single cell storm will burn out in about half an hour but multi-cell storm will go on untill all the cells have burnt out. It's literally just turned to night here at work! Everybody has just been raving, never ever seen the daylight dissapear like that to almost complete darkness! f***ing weird! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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