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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 31 May

Last night around 9 p.m. or just before, thunder and lightning exploded my discussion. I am not sure I can reconstruct the whole thing. The man who is doing my plumbing does that as a side gig. He works seven days a week between...

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I just lost a good discussion

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 30 May

The storms caused the Internet to go down I was in the middle of writing a post. I grabbed the phone to see if it was still here. Of course it isn't. Bob and I are headed to bed. I will try again tomorrow.

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My Sister's House Was Fried

Jim Bauer @porwest (112791) • United States 22 Sep

There are things in life that happen when you literally, and confidently say, "You can't make this up." We had a storm a few days ago and apparently my sister's house suffered a massive lightning strike. It fried her house and...

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South Carolina police dashcam records lightning hit on a utility pole

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122078) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 12 Sep

Police officers from Mount Pleasant South Carolina recorded on their dash camera a lightning strike on a utility pole on Monday August 11 which caused a small explosion and fire in the city. The lightning strike caused a short...

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I hear thunder ….i see lightning ….i don’t like it !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11269) • United Kingdom 3 Sep

No, I am definitely a person who hates a storm. The rumbling of thunder I don’t actually mind that much, it’s just that it’s usually followed by the lightning which is the thing that I really don’t like. I can not be anywhere...

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Unpredicted

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 18 Aug

I was replying to my discussion just a bit ago and we were struck by lightning. There were no storms predicted, so that is a shock. I may be going into work right away to sub. For safety I am shutting down my computer.

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Have you ever watched a video of lightning killing a herd of animals?

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1739) 23 Jun

I once saw a herd of more than 10 elephants struck by lightning somewhere in Kenya . Geographers believed it could have been as a result of the elevation of the forest that make the elephants susceptible to that kind of death. I...

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A Tree at the end of our Yard Just Struck by Lightning!

DE @DaddyEvil (174292) • United States 24 May 25

I was reading my book when I heard a LOUD CRACK! I went and looked out the window in the kitchen and can see a tree at the end of our back yard is smoking... I can't tell how much damage was done and can't see any limbs down....

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We Went Grocery Shopping...

DE @DaddyEvil (174292) • United States 19 May 25

I tried to wake Pretty up to go shopping this morning but she just rolled over and went back to sleep... Early this afternoon, I tried to wake her up again. She growled at me and told me to leave her alone... I heard the alarm...

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Mother Nature and i May Be Able to Work This Out

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 1 May 25

Finally! Looking ahead at weather in May and June it is saying there will be rain, there will be thunder and, yes, lightning. Oh, joy! Looks like a lot of it too. Now, that's more like it Mother Nature.

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I am Mad at Mother Nature (AGAIN)

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 29 Apr 25

I love a good thunder and lightning storm in the evening. One reason I look forward to spring is for these storms. They are dramatic and exciting. I love them! Well, to date, we have not had one. We've had some rain. Not even much...

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Eerie silence

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 20 Apr 25

After a noisy midnight - loud thunder, lightning and rain there is pin drop silence at this moment It is 5 am. Obviously I could not sleep Why we are getting this treatment from nature is not known. It is April and normally...

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In the Weeds for Saturday April 19th

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 19 Apr 25

I have been sleeping in a little every day for about the past week or so. My grandson is so funny in the mornings. Joking around and being silly. But, for some reason, he hasn't been that way for the past week or so. Oh, I...

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Did you know...

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51811) • St. Catharines, Ontario 3 Apr 25

According to the New York imes, some tropical trees don’t just survive lightning, but grow taller and leafier after strikes. I wouldn't mind being struck by lightning if it made me grow taller and leafier. Well, if by "leafier" it...

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Storming...

DE @DaddyEvil (174292) • United States 30 Mar 25

We're having a thunderstorm right now in my part of Missouri. There is a lot of lightning/thunder and pouring rain. There is also a lot of really strong winds (18 mph with gusts up to 35 mph). I heard our trash bin scooting across...

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Another Storm

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 16 Sep 24

We had another rainstorm. Pitter pattering, even a rumble off in the distance. A crack of thunder and lightning lit the sky. A blue streak in the trees. More rumbling. And rain beat down in a torrent for a few minutes. It was...

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It Actually Happened

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 11 Sep 24

At first I thought my grandson was kidding. He often comes in with some funny quip or body manipulation to make me laugh. No, this time he was serious. IT WAS RAINING! I have only been waiting for what seemed like months since...

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Late Night Storm

Courtney Dutton @MommyOfEli2013 (89470) • Rupert, Idaho 19 Aug 24

Hey everyone, how are you all doing? It's almost 11:30 PM here and it is storming like crazy out there. I can hear the thunder and rain and I am seeing quite a bit of lightning. I hate the lightning... Do you like storms like...

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The lightning burned my portico's fan coil and increased my heart beat

Anindita Sengupta @aninditasen (18198) • Raurkela, India 25 Jun 24

I found this strange. On the 22nd of June we had torrential rain in my city and there was terrible lightning which burned my portico's fan coil that I got repaired and my heart beat increased by the sound of the lightning that...

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Rain Dance Time

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 9 Jun 24

We have about 4 fans going upstairs continually now. They will be going probably until sometime between late September and mid-October. Once the weather gets up about 80 it gets more and more uncomfortable for me. My grandson's...

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