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Post by gwenoakes on May 23, 2014 8:24:20 GMT 1
Was driving home yesterday from the accountamts during a really bad storm about 4.30p.m.
Looked up and saw this huge fork lightening heading straight for me and it landed with one hell of a crack about 3 - 4ft away from me. I heard the noise even above the music playing.
I can honestly say I have never, ever, seen fork lightening so close and so wide across in my life. I kid you not my knees were knocking driving the rest of the way home.
In the split nano second before it came down I thought, is the steering wheel rubber, have my trainers got rubber on, well this is it and most weird, well I am clean and have had a shower!! Now I can understand the thinking of rubber and this is it, but what the heck re the, am I clean scenario, eh?
If your reading this, dorta it was just after the last roundabout on A52 before turn right at crossroads.
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Post by VeronicaF on May 23, 2014 9:04:50 GMT 1
scary!! they are scary these bolts of lightening, but glad your okay and safe!
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Post by portiabuzz on May 23, 2014 9:58:30 GMT 1
glad your ok, i would have been panicking!! LOL re being clean
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silky
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Post by silky on May 23, 2014 10:38:33 GMT 1
Very scary, but thank goodness you were in your car! It acts like a faraday cage I only know this because the rest of the family like Top Gear, hopefully a link here of The Hamster not being fried by lightning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve6XGKZxYxA
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Post by portiabuzz on May 23, 2014 11:19:12 GMT 1
i drive a moped, luckily never been in storm with lightening TOUCH WOOD
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wills
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Post by wills on May 23, 2014 11:32:39 GMT 1
The lightening has been really bad the last few days. That must have been so scary!
Our house was hit on Monday, we were lucky, my Aunt was not so lucky her house (couple hundred yards away from ours) got hit & went up in flames. 6 fire engines, 5 hours. Thankfully unoccupied at the time. Was surreal have never seen anything on fire before & knowing the time, money & love - it was a listed building they have renovated -that went into it over the past 4 years was gutting.
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Post by portiabuzz on May 23, 2014 11:52:09 GMT 1
OMG thats super scary!! glad no one in!
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Post by mollichop on May 23, 2014 22:21:02 GMT 1
Xxx :hugs: all round
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Post by gwenoakes on May 24, 2014 10:38:51 GMT 1
Gees, Wills that puts mine in perspective (poss sp). Hugs to your Aunt and family. XXXXXX
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Post by portiabuzz on May 24, 2014 11:02:19 GMT 1
sending hugs to your family wills x
Sent from my GT-I8160
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Post by julz on May 31, 2014 11:54:34 GMT 1
Just seen this.... Gwen thank god you are Ok apart from the quaking knees.... would not have mattered what you were wearing as presumably your car tyres are rubber? That would have earthed the car as for thinking if you are clean... LOL.. I had similar thoughts when I broke my leg... more to do with whether my underwear matched lol
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Post by portiabuzz on May 31, 2014 13:54:40 GMT 1
Haha Julz!!!
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Post by jen1 on Jun 3, 2014 22:08:20 GMT 1
Was driving home yesterday from the accountamts during a really bad storm about 4.30p.m. Looked up and saw this huge fork lightening heading straight for me and it landed with one hell of a crack about 3 - 4ft away from me. I heard the noise even above the music playing. I can honestly say I have never, ever, seen fork lightening so close and so wide across in my life. I kid you not my knees were knocking driving the rest of the way home. In the split nano second before it came down I thought, is the steering wheel rubber, have my trainers got rubber on, well this is it and most weird, well I am clean and have had a shower!! Now I can understand the thinking of rubber and this is it, but what the heck re the, am I clean scenario, eh? If your reading this, dorta it was just after the last roundabout on A52 before turn right at crossroads. Phew as per title I thought yad caught sight of the size of your arse then! Pmsl, note to mammy go out wearing condoms! Well there rubber int they, lol, glad your ok, so who's roth was bestowed? Well that dunt matter they missed so nerner na ner ner, lol, love ya! Xxxx
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Post by portiabuzz on Jun 4, 2014 19:27:19 GMT 1
Scary !
Sent from my GT-I8160
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Post by jamesb on Jun 4, 2014 20:26:07 GMT 1
Was there an 'aroma' in the car, Gwenster? PMSL ROFL LOL
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