Stephen Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 So who got hit by them last night then? It was pretty exciting here. I woke up to thunder and lighting, once I realised it was bad I admitted defeat and got up. This would have been about 11-12. So I went to find the dog who was hiding under the dinner table, he hates thunder. Dog secure onto the cat. Found a wet rat under his sleeping tree and dragged him in, the wife then towel dried him and he turned back into a cat. Again secure and happy. What about the chickens she says, I reply just have to wait till morning. By this point the lightweight summer jacket I had on was drenched, I'm talking I was bath tub wet within less than two minutes. I needed to check the house, cars etc because by now the road had turned into a river. I'm not exaggerating here. I left my wet shorts on and dug out my proper coat, at least I wasn't going to get wet and cold up top, the bottom half was going to get wet again yet. Thankfully my house sits right back so all the cars were out the torrent. The cars in the road though were halfway upto the bonnet outside and further down the hill some were over it. I then spent about 15 minutes redirecting a handful of cars that had got caught in it. Stood in the middle of the road upto your thighs, with strong winds and fork lighting is quite surreal. It soon passed though and you could feel the rain ease off and hear the storm rolling off. Within 10 minutes, short of a few branches and debris you would never have guessed it had happened. The water was gone. Looking at the news there was little warning and this ripped across southern England bringing trees down and flooding with it. It was pretty good here. A proper storm. Hope everyone's ok this morning and that it doesn't cause to much disruption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gaz 300 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Wow that sounds bad mate we had some torrential rain this morning in Belfast but its fine now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Yep I got soaked 3 o'clock the heavens opened up sat on a fork lift unloading a lorry and we couldn't leave it as it was high value gear so we had too finish it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardS Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Just a swift heavy downpour here in the early hours - and then dry and sunny by morning....... .....So I just had to take the Zed out today:wink: Quote I have something to say............ It's better to burn out than to fade away..... :tt2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steams Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Got woken up with a start on 5 separate occasions last night, due to the thunder. Loudest storms I've heard for years. Sounded like it was right above my house.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkysi Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Nothing here. Pretty much wall-to-wall sunshine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Nothing here. Pretty much wall-to-wall sunshine. You had sunshine last night? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkysi Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Moonshine!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregT Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 I spent an hour in the back garden watching the storm move northwards. There must have been a lightening strike every 2-3 seconds. Amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz 300 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 I love lighting :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfromthenorth Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 My car got attacked by hailstones :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealNips Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Nothing down here, just lots of sunshine and about 30C :D Quote 1990 Black MT NA LWB = 2014 - 2020 (Sold) 1991 Red MT TT LWB = 2015 - 2017 (Stripped & Scrapped) 1991 Red MT TT LWB = 2017 - 2021 (Sold) 1991 Black MT TT LWB = 2018 - 2021 (Sold) 1989 Red AT TT LWB = 2021 - XXXX (Kept) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veilside01702 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 My car got attacked by hailstones :( [ATTACH=CONFIG]88805[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]88806[/ATTACH] Time to ring a paintless dent removal firm and see if they can remove the dent???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfromthenorth Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Mate it's like a pepper pot. In real life it's like an orange but quite hard to get a snap on a phone. Are there options to get a plastic etc one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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