Well that was interesting.

Thunderstorm developed & I could see lightning off in the distance. So I
shut dwon all the computers. Just in time as a second or so later the power
went down. Came back on quickly. Looking out of the rear window (southwards)
a distinct edge to the cloud & a small funnel - which was small & lasted
only seconds, so I was lucky to see it. Then *Kaboom!* Huge flash of
lightning and boom instantaneous. Cue me leaping several feet of the ground
(well it felt like that) as a lightning bolt struck *exceedingly close by*.
Husband says he saw it strike in the field at the back of the house, but no
obvious signs on the ground. Mind you, there is a power line at the far end
of the field - perhaps it hit that? Then the hail started, but lasted less
than a minute.

Interesting afternoon.



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wafflycat wrote:
Well that was interesting.

Thunderstorm developed & I could see lightning off in the distance.
So I shut dwon all the computers. Just in time as a second or so
later the power went down. Came back on quickly. Looking out of the
rear window (southwards) a distinct edge to the cloud & a small
funnel - which was small & lasted only seconds, so I was lucky to see
it. Then *Kaboom!* Huge flash of lightning and boom instantaneous.
Cue me leaping several feet of the ground (well it felt like that) as
a lightning bolt struck *exceedingly close by*. Husband says he saw
it strike in the field at the back of the house, but no obvious signs
on the ground. Mind you, there is a power line at the far end of the
field - perhaps it hit that? Then the hail started, but lasted less
than a minute.
Interesting afternoon.

I was in a building that was struck four or five years ago - scared the
bejesus out of me!

cupra wrote:

I was in a building that was struck four or five years ago - scared the
bejesus out of me!

I remember being in a mobile classroom at primary school (many moons ago
- I would have been 8 at the time) when a lightning strike hit the
ground about five metres away - now that *was* scary! I remember being
too scared to go outside after that :-/

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