UK : thunder/storms?

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July 5, 2006 at 3:32 pm #1081061
gv23
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Chemical Brother wrote:

its unbeliveably foggy here in newcastle, round the coast anyway, wouldnt mind seein that firey ball in the sky again.

Fog on the Tyne its all mine all mine……………………………
July 5, 2006 at 3:37 pm #1081062
gv23
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wish we would have a storm here soon… i’m working nights this week and (not) sleeping during the day

bring on a good storm!!
July 5, 2006 at 3:57 pm #1081089
triix
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we have had some showers in notts, and now it is really humid again!!
July 5, 2006 at 4:00 pm #1081057
Mariasupial
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We’ve had plenty of showers here in Reading, but the air is still really sticky and muggy. I was hoping some rain would clear the air a little. I haven’t heard any thunder though.
July 5, 2006 at 4:08 pm #1081063
gv23
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raj wrote:

i assume you have surge protection but if you are so worried could you unplug or isolate any of it? seems to be the only sure fire way?

sure fire way??… hmmmm!
July 5, 2006 at 4:21 pm #1081069
stax
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BRIGHT SUNSHINE, QUITE HAZY AND STILL V MUGGY IN NORWICH 17.20HRS
July 5, 2006 at 4:46 pm #1081077
Raj
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gv23 wrote:

sure fire way??… hmmmm!

:crazy_fre:crazy_fre:crazy_fre:groucho:
July 5, 2006 at 4:53 pm #1081078
Raj
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General Lighting wrote:

As for power cuts waiting about 30 mins makes sense as many faults related to the 11kv/33kv high voltage lines auto-clear these days (and there are gadgets built into the network which alert the electric company when things go pear-shaped); but when its the low-voltage (230V/400V) bit they do depend on you to tell them your lights are out!

yes they do:groucho:

the other day i had a power cut from 5am to 9.15am [only knew because the backup battery for the computer bleeped till i switched it off] and the girl on the other end was a bit rude about the fact i hadnt rung it in before 7 am and genuinely shocked to be told that if i reported every power cut i had i would be on the phone every other week; she tried to tell me it was a fault at my end!!! i told her to sit tight as in the next 10 minutes 7am to 7.15am there would be a load more calls as i had just heard the farms start up their generators for the milking:laugh_at::laugh_at:the fault was fixed by 9am:wink:
July 5, 2006 at 4:54 pm #1081079
Raj
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still muggy as ever here but at least we have a breeze now:groucho:
July 5, 2006 at 6:14 pm #1081073
raverbaby
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Reckon there’s one about to hit tetsworth, Winds picking up and theres an increase in rain. plus visibility jus dropped tenfold for some reason
July 5, 2006 at 10:27 pm #1081058
globalloon
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monday morning some sheep were killed by lightning near here and last month my friend’s 2 horses were killed by lightning 😥

glad i live in the lowest part of town
July 5, 2006 at 10:45 pm #1081066
Tek Offensive
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fuckin hammered it down on my way to work this morning while on my moped. stupidly, thinking it was gonna stay nice i left in a shirt! got completelt SOAKED
July 5, 2006 at 10:56 pm #1081055
General Lighting
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23:50 still hot and humid in Ipswich, no sign of rain yet.

storms now predicted tomorrow morning from 04:00
July 6, 2006 at 11:00 am #1081070
stax
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boy was it HOT last night, in reepham bout 10 mile out of norwich i doubt it dropped much below 20
July 6, 2006 at 1:17 pm #1081065
Anonymous
look at all this open-source weather reporting! classic net behaviour. heres my offering. i based it on the shipping forecast and a spoon.

southerly winds fallings, rising sharply over penfold. bacon increasing, seventeen wind tacks all short shrift. west by west west westywest, east. over slightly, recurring admirably. seven.
July 6, 2006 at 4:04 pm #1081056
General Lighting
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17:00 – curioser and curiouser – storms in Felixstowe and Kesgrave ( a rapidly expanding “new estate” east of Ipswich) but still nothing in Ipswich.

Continuing with nightly ritual of unplugging sensitive/business-critical equipment…
July 6, 2006 at 4:08 pm #1081080
Raj
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check the site; mad lightining dispersal patterns

http://www.upminsterweather.co.uk/test/ll.htm

raaaraaaraaa
July 6, 2006 at 7:34 pm #1081088
Linz
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Not one storm for me yet-i spoke to someone from a village 15 miles away and they’ve had so many theres been small floods!

Also in Lincoln there’s been some good ones today…..I thinh the storms are avoiding me!?:you_crazy
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