The 2018 summer and thunder thread
Discussion
JakeT said:
Big storm last night in West Berks. I got an early night and in spite of being an incredibly heavy sleeper it woke me up. Incredible lightning! Now a lovely, calm morning.
The lightning really was superb and wonderfully fresh this morning. Did you see the two Aston DB4's at The Bladebone yesterday?We had a fantastic show last night. First was driving from Wales to Tidworth, 8 TIL 9.30 massive lightning display all the way.
Then about 1am another big storm woke us up, constant thunder, no gaps between it, flash after flash after flash for about an hour. Then around 1.40 it all went crazy.
A really big flash accompanied by the biggest loudest roar of thunder ever. Power went out, house alarm went off, both car alarms also.
Took out the main breaker switch in the house.
Got power back on and killed the alarms.
This morning on checking, sky Q box is fried, Sky router is dead, telephone base unit is fried, no broadband, no telephone line signal. Sky micro filter is burnt out, plug bank fuses gone pop.
New router ordered, now sky Q box ordered, new answer phone and base units purchased. New mincrofilter fitted.
Still no broadband or phone line working.
However, my heart is still beating, noise of that one clap of thunder was so scary I thought I might pop a valve or something. Never heard anything like it. Even guns and tanks firing isn’t that loud.
Then about 1am another big storm woke us up, constant thunder, no gaps between it, flash after flash after flash for about an hour. Then around 1.40 it all went crazy.
A really big flash accompanied by the biggest loudest roar of thunder ever. Power went out, house alarm went off, both car alarms also.
Took out the main breaker switch in the house.
Got power back on and killed the alarms.
This morning on checking, sky Q box is fried, Sky router is dead, telephone base unit is fried, no broadband, no telephone line signal. Sky micro filter is burnt out, plug bank fuses gone pop.
New router ordered, now sky Q box ordered, new answer phone and base units purchased. New mincrofilter fitted.
Still no broadband or phone line working.
However, my heart is still beating, noise of that one clap of thunder was so scary I thought I might pop a valve or something. Never heard anything like it. Even guns and tanks firing isn’t that loud.
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