Explosion / Lightning in Fingal?

Rhyme

Anyone hear/see/feel the huge noise this morning around Balbriggan and Skerries?

I was sitting in my bed and for about a second or two there was an absence of sound then a huge rumble like a bomb going off or something, and a bright light that shone for about 2 or 3 seconds.

Wishbone Ash

Rhyme wrote:

Anyone hear/see/feel the huge noise this morning around Balbriggan and Skerries?

I was sitting in my bed and for about a second or two there was an absence of sound then a huge rumble like a bomb going off or something, and a bright light that shone for about 2 or 3 seconds.

1. Distress flare from a boat?

2. 'Portugese' celebrations?

3. Skerries 100 bikers partying?

4. Thunder and lightning?

5. Hallucinations?

Rhyme

It seemed awfull close to be a flare or any kind of celebrations... i did think of hallucinations, thankfully my family heard it too and a friend in Skerries... im not crazy

My first thought was 'someones house blew up?'

Wishbone Ash

The lads over in the weather forum may know.

Chinafoot

That would be thunder and lightning my dear. It was the same in the city centre this morning.

Rhyme

Ah, ive only been in the middle of a serious thuderstorm once and this vastly superceded that one...

A pile of cats sprinted past my house after it, funny stuff.

ST*

Rhyme wrote:

Anyone hear/see/feel the huge noise this morning around Balbriggan and Skerries?

I was sitting in my bed and for about a second or two there was an absence of sound then a huge rumble like a bomb going off or something, and a bright light that shone for about 2 or 3 seconds.

I heard it. I was talking to someone at the time and nearly fell over with the fright. Not the biggest thunder fan.

Táck

i thought someone was out my back taking photo's of the house, at about 1am. thankfully sleep got the better of me.

dont think i've ever expereinced thunder + lighning less the rain before

Irjudge1

It's the army training in Gormanston. They fire artillery out to sea:eek:

Moonbeam

I thoguht I had blown a fuse when I saw this big flash of light in my kitchen,then a few seconds later heard the thunder it made more sense then:)

Oobie

I heard (and felt) it too. Car and house alarms were going off all day afterwards.

sirpsycho

i heard it from out in stamullen, woke me up! apparently it was right overhead in the brig

blastman

It felt like it was right over my house! My first thought was that a car bomb had gone off in the street. Just one unmerciful clap and that was it. Very strange.

The Hill Billy

Earlier that morning I saw a hairy Scots guy in Dharma overalls with a key head off to a hatch on Lambay.

Gillo

I'm in Skerries (Downside) and there was some thunder about midday, one or two big rumbleings, Kept hearing alot of bangs but figured it was a farmer shooting.

Are you near the coast?

Gillo

Woo hoo

It's kicked off again. I love thunder & lightning!!!!!!!

The Hill Billy

gillo wrote:

I'm in Skerries (Downside) and there was some thunder about midday, one or two big rumbleings, Kept hearing alot of bangs but figured it was a farmer shooting.

Are you near the coast?

Grew up in Shenick - Living up in The Hills now.
Saw some cracking forked lightning last evening.
Would have been between Milverton & the Golf Club.

sgarvan

Hill Billy wrote:

Grew up in Shenick - Living up in The Hills now.
Saw some cracking forked lightning last evening.
Would have been between Milverton & the Golf Club.

aye saw that myself in balbriggan last night. was brilliant stuff.

Gillo

Yeah, it felt unbelieveably close alright.

Shenick to the Hills, nice move, it's normally the opposite way.