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What do you do during a thunderstorm?

I'm on the front porch watching one roll in from the west. The roiling clouds, arcing lighting, the crash of thunder - magnificent!

Posted - January 21, 2018

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  • 72
    Yes, sat at the dormer window watching it all happen - better than being stuck in front of the TV.
    I was almost taken out by a lightning bolt once. The lightning struck GZ right in front of my vehicle and shards of tarmac clattered down on to my hood (the hood of the car, not my night hood). The vehicle immediately in front of me had a tire blown out - GZ had been between the two of us. The ironic part was that I was only in position to get potentially hit because I'd had my foot down for the last mile or two intending to get through and beyond the storm ASAP. Fate is a fickle entity, ain't she?   
      January 21, 2018 7:33 AM MST
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  • 5835
    Guessing: GZ = Great Zap?
      January 22, 2018 8:12 AM MST
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  • 72
    Close - but no banana. GZ = (in this instance) 'Ground Zero'. 
      January 29, 2018 7:56 AM MST
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  • 44177
    I do what you do.
      January 21, 2018 7:58 AM MST
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  • 13071
    I sit in my lazy boy chair, close my eyes, and daydream.
      January 21, 2018 8:17 AM MST
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  • 5808
    Mother Nature is awesome
    in all of her moods...
    Nice when we can enjoy a storm.

      January 21, 2018 9:36 AM MST
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  • 5835
    Most people in Arizona live about 50 to 100 miles from mountains, and they usually sit under the shade cactus to watch weather blow in, whatever sort of weather it happens to be. My town has mountains on three sides, 30 to 50 miles away, so thunderstorms are always someplace else. Although one time there was a rainstorm from Yuma to San Diego and north as far as Needles, and it rained steadily for three days. If you are not familiar with the map, that would be a little less than half the size of the state of Arizona.

    But you asked what I do? I watch the lightning with 3D glasses!
      January 21, 2018 10:03 AM MST
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  • 19942
    Make sure all the windows are closed.
      January 21, 2018 12:05 PM MST
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  • 3463
    Do the happy dance when we get rain.
      January 21, 2018 12:56 PM MST
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  • 46117
    Try not to be driving.

      January 21, 2018 1:04 PM MST
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  • 1713
    I like to just sit out on the porch and watch. I do that with hurricanes, too. Sometimes I would go back in if it starts getting a little too rowdy, like when power poles right in front of me get struck by lightning or when trees topple over and hit the porch..
      January 21, 2018 7:01 PM MST
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  • 2327
    I watch the news coverage. They like to get a bit dramatic so people stay tuned. 

      January 21, 2018 8:03 PM MST
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  • 5835
    Irish weather chicks have an orchestra in the background? Is that correct? That is being awfully dramatic!
      January 22, 2018 8:16 AM MST
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  • 2327
    I think someone added that to it. 
      January 22, 2018 8:00 PM MST
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  • 22853
    The background music that someone added to this clip is hilarious!
    Ha!
    VERY dramatic, she IS!!
    :)
      April 16, 2018 7:16 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    I just watch it on youtube.  Let's face it, God may be great and all, but there is no substitute for time-lapse photography.




    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at January 29, 2018 8:02 AM MST
      January 29, 2018 8:00 AM MST
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  • 5835
    FYI the correct technical term is "zot".

      January 29, 2018 11:54 AM MST
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  • 14795
    If I'm out and about......Get Wet.......:( 
      March 7, 2018 11:01 AM MST
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  • 22853

    The same thing you do!
    :)
      April 16, 2018 7:12 PM MDT
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  • 46117
      April 16, 2018 7:35 PM MDT
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  • 7775
    I watch tv or until the power cuts out.
      April 16, 2018 8:04 PM MDT
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