The 2018 summer and thunder thread
Discussion
Chicken Chaser said:
Sunny and cool this morning in Northern England. Down to single figures by the weekend for daytime temps
Sunday night and Monday will be particularly miserable in the South East. Met Office warning for rain...https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnin...
juice said:
Allanv said:
One of the Stantons?
Nice here in the centre and according to my camera's BS4 is nice as well
By the lake (Stowey Sutton) Nice here in the centre and according to my camera's BS4 is nice as well
Really nice here in the centre might be a TM re-run and today I am not meeting the wife so can drool to my hearts content.
Chicken Chaser said:
Sunny and cool this morning in Northern England. Down to single figures by the weekend for daytime temps
It was pouring down - really bladdering down - on my way to work and six degrees. Just been to the bank and it's fooking freezing. That's the thing I'm noticing with this "climate change" malarkey; it's not that it's hotter, colder, drier or wetter. It's that the temperatures are absolutely all over the place. From day to day it changes from really warm to absolutely baltic. I might be wrong and losing my marbles, but I don't remember this happening in years gone by.
Puggit said:
Gonna miss me by the looks of things! 
TTmonkey said:
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.
Turns out the damage was worst than first though. Had to replace the tele and the PS4 also, both had hdmi controllers fried.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.
First time I’ve ever claimed on house insurance. Direct line were informed at 9.30 and paid out in full via e-gift vouchers by11.30. They didn’t ask for proof of ownership of any of the devices, just wanted model numbers.
Top marks.
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