Storms and a Tornado watch.

@akalinus (40352)
United States
August 16, 2018 7:32pm CST
Big bolts of lightning and thunder have taken over the skies. It is dark and scary. I will most likely close up the computer for the night. I have a book waiting. I hope the electric does not go off. God is good, it will be okay. What is happening in your neighborhood? Do you worry about warnings, does the weather get bad?
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@LadyDuck (454979)
• Switzerland
17 Aug 18
We often have thunderstorms during summer, if there is not a hail storm I feel pretty safe.
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@LadyDuck (454979)
• Switzerland
17 Aug 18
@akalinus We had no hail, only a few little stones, nothing serious, not even my tomatoes suffered.
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@akalinus (40352)
• United States
17 Aug 18
@LadyDuck That is something to be thankful for. It can do a lot of damage, especially the larger hailstones. I have never seen it but some get as big as baseballs.
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@akalinus (40352)
• United States
17 Aug 18
I think there was hail last night. I hope my car is okay.
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@JudyEv (323673)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Aug 18
If there is a big electrical storm we turn off the computers although I think they are protected from spikes. It would be expensive if they burnt out or whatever.
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@akalinus (40352)
• United States
17 Aug 18
One year, lightning struck close to my house and destroyed the phones. I had to get new phones.
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@akalinus (40352)
• United States
18 Aug 18
@JudyEv New phones are not cheap. It is scary when lightning strikes so close.
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@JudyEv (323673)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Aug 18
@akalinus Oh gosh, that would be bad. I guess it was pretty expensive too.
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• United States
17 Aug 18
It's hot outside, and it's clear. I wouldn't mind a little rain. I hope the storm doesn't make the lights go out.
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@akalinus (40352)
• United States
17 Aug 18
The lights flickered on and off a few times. It must be dry in your area.
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• United States
17 Aug 18
@akalinus We've had rain earlier this week. Not sure what the forecast is for the next few days. Hoping for cool temps.
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@akalinus (40352)
• United States
17 Aug 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum I wish ours would cool down a bit. I like warmth but the heat has been overwhelming lately.
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• Dallas, Texas
18 Aug 18
The weather in Dallas is always unpredictable. I have to keep home owner's insurance just in case the roof blows off or gets pelted by hail. But actually the weather has been unusually mild all year except that during July there were weeks of 100+ temperatures in the day. And for some reason the mosquitoes like it that way, humid, hot and lots of flying insects. Far from paradise.
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@akalinus (40352)
• United States
18 Aug 18
Are they mosquitoes or hummingbirds. That is all I have to say about it.
@andriaperry (116876)
• Anniston, Alabama
17 Aug 18
I do not worry about storms, God is good.
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@akalinus (40352)
• United States
17 Aug 18
Yes, very good.
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@Courage7 (19635)
• United States
17 Aug 18
It may be a storm today but we will see. Its so iffy around here lately. I dont worry at all about the warnings Jo Ann.
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@akalinus (40352)
• United States
18 Aug 18
Just head for shelter when there is lightning or hail.
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@akalinus (40352)
• United States
18 Aug 18
@Courage7 Being zapped by a lightning bolt or beaned by a baseball sized hail stone are not my idea of fun.
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@Courage7 (19635)
• United States
18 Aug 18
@akalinus Yes a good idea.
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@JohnRoberts (109865)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Aug 18
It's a warm evening here. There are never electrical storms here.
@akalinus (40352)
• United States
18 Aug 18
Bad news, the ocean near California is heating up and they say that now they could have hurricanes up beyond Malibu. Take care.
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@RubyHawk (99437)
• Atlanta, Georgia
17 Aug 18
We've had lots of thunder storms and rain this summer and so far we only had the power go off once. Hope you are okay.
@akalinus (40352)
• United States
17 Aug 18
I am good today. I like to joke that we have the world's worst electric company. That's not true but it goes out a lot. It flickered off and on several times last night.
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@RubyHawk (99437)
• Atlanta, Georgia
18 Aug 18
@akalinus Ours must be pretty good, last November during all the bad weather there were outages and trees down on the roads. November was our worst month. We had two snows storms that month and that's usually as many as we have all winter.
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@dya80dya (33082)
17 Aug 18
Yes. Sometimes the weather gets bad. There are storms and it is raining a lot.
@akalinus (40352)
• United States
18 Aug 18
Do you think the weather is getting worse?