Just come out the other side of the most extreme storm I have yet seen. 8pm
to 9pm BST. Nearly continuous lightning. Looked like an erratic strobe
light. Averaging more than once a second. And RAIN!!!

Just finished bailing out the kitchen, the bath filled with drain water,
toilet too... Now receding.

The most active, wettest storm with huge cross gusts at ground level.
Sideways rain that made breathing an interesting exercise while I lifted
drain covers to rod them (to no avail in the end....).

Still rumbling away out there.

Bugger!!!

Les

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Just come out the other side of the most extreme storm I have yet seen.
8pm to 9pm BST. Nearly continuous lightning. Looked like an erratic strobe
light. Averaging more than once a second. And RAIN!!!

It was amazing in Folkestone - I too was there. Had to be out in it :-)
Anyone got any historical data showing what the peak strike rate for
Folkestone was ? Must have been very high. It appeared to be constant
lightning at one point.

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Just come out the other side of the most extreme storm I have yet
seen. 8pm to 9pm BST. Nearly continuous lightning. Looked like an
erratic strobe light. Averaging more than once a second. And RAIN!!!

It was amazing in Folkestone - I too was there. Had to be out in it
:-) Anyone got any historical data showing what the peak strike rate
for Folkestone was ? Must have been very high. It appeared to be
constant lightning at one point.

Yes! Surrounded by lightning.. one continuous peal of thunder.

We went for a walk in the rain to watch the lightning from the Leas. But on
our return things picked up and as I was watching out of the front door at
that amazing lightning our kitchen started to flood, the bath filled up as
the level in the drains rose higher than our floor level...

We bailed out over the peak of the rain, such a relief when it started going
down again!

What a night! I'd love to see the local rainfall figures and strikerate!

Les


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What a night! I'd love to see the local rainfall figures and strikerate!


Indeed. Very memorable.

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What a night! I'd love to see the local rainfall figures and strikerate!


Indeed. Very memorable.


It was quite amazing up at Lydden Circuit. I was doing my regular Tuesday
evening cycle race training session from 1900 - 2000. Constant lightning at
one point. And the rain! At one point it eased off, only to come back
heavier, it did this another three times. Lots of power cuts on the way back
to Ramsgate.