Thunderstruck !

condra

the leak in my ceilin just got worse, way worse

Ivona Tinkle

Reganio 2 wrote: »

No way its all about the Lightning.

Its the both together that make it magnificent imo:D

philipadams1

Guys check that link out. It shows you where the lightning is and has struck. Im watching it closely with a friend. its useful. The thunder and lightning is still flashing and crashing away. The rain is unbelievable. Flash floods are certain. according to my friend whom im talking to on MSN says the N11 is flooded lol.:p:p:p:p:p

robbie_998

philipadams1 wrote: »

Guys check that link out. It shows you where the lightning is and has struck. Im watching it closely with a friend. its useful. The thunder and lightning is still flashing and crashing away. The rain is unbelievable. Flash floods are certain. according to my friend whom im talking to on MSN says the N11 is flooded lol.:p:p:p:p:p

how is Naas for driving in ? as in RSA Driving test ???:pac:

mine is later !!!

DubMedic

robbie_998 wrote: »

how is Naas for driving in ? as in RSA Driving test ???:pac:

mine is later !!!

Probably best Get the wellies out. :cool:

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robbie_998

DubMedic wrote: »

Probably best Get the wellies out. :cool:

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lovely :eek:

philipadams1

OUCH! hope the weather picks up for you. Im only 17 so im not going any driving test anytime soon! best of luck :cool::P

robbie_998

philipadams1 wrote: »

OUCH! hope tohe weather picks up for you. Im only 17 so im not going any driving test anytime soon! best of luck :cool::P

im 17 myself buddy :rolleyes:

Mister Robinson

Weather looks nice enough for a barbeque......

Reganio 2

philipadams1 wrote: »

Guys check that link out. It shows you where the lightning is and has struck. Im watching it closely with a friend. its useful. The thunder and lightning is still flashing and crashing away. The rain is unbelievable. Flash floods are certain. according to my friend whom im talking to on MSN says the N11 is flooded lol.:p:p:p:p:p

Tell your mate to stop MSN'ing and concentrate on the road.

DubMedic

robbie_998 wrote: »

lovely :eek:

Im not actually sure what the roads are like around Naas atm , but surely the main arteries wouldn't be too bad.

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philipadams1

hahah!! thats good one reganio. nah hes at his computer down in "sunny" wexford. im too lazy to take my driving test. What do you drive/ plan on driving?

TomCo

I enjoyed it, I was out in the porch taking photo's for composite HDR.

Couldn't get anything of the lightning though, didn't have enough card space for continuous photography.

DubMedic

DFTT.

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robbie_998

well i guess theres only one way too find out

whats a good one ? im trying to think of ways to make the tester **** himself without me failing

its in Naas and by the looks of it its gonna be a '08 Opel Corsa

worst part is i didnt get any sleep yet :eek:

admiralofthefleet

wheres the vids artanevilla?

philipadams1

Tom Co. Can i ask what camera you use? currently myself, I have a Nikkon D60 with an 18-55mm lens attached. Getting myself A 55-200mm lense tomorrow from Argos for €210 which will help me fulfil my aviation photography passion. :D;)

artanevilla

Average video at best, but great at the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4tvgmcGu4Y

Sheridan

Just had a power blackout here.

Reganio 2

Drink is bad artanevilla

artanevilla

Reganio 2 wrote: »

Drink is bad artanevilla

We'll see tomorrow morning, two more to come...

artanevilla

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnOa0wfJtuQ

conchubhar1

Like thunder and lightning
God damn, its so exciting
It hits you like a hammer
God damn

but damn - that **** was loud!

artanevilla

I'll lash the last one up tomorrow, arguably the best.

admiralofthefleet

the telly and lights keep flashing. hopefully there is more to come

Not much more now http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar_ga.asp?ani=y

TomCo

philipadams1 wrote: »

Tom Co. Can i ask what camera you use? currently myself, I have a Nikkon D60 with an 18-55mm lens attached. Getting myself A 55-200mm lense tomorrow from Argos for €210 which will help me fulfil my aviation photography passion. :D;)

In that case I don't think you'd be impressed with my camera!

Its a Panasonic DMC-TZ1 I got for the parents, I couldn't really justify anything more expensive. Its letting me down big time since I started working on my HDR related MSc. dissertation since it doesnt have a full manual exposure mode.

I have to exploit the laws of reciprocity to control exposure figures to any degree and even then the high ISO settings needed for dark scenes make the images near useless.

I just have to work up the courage to ask TCD to loan me something nice.

brendansmith

Sheridan wrote: »

Just had a power blackout here.

Just had a drink blackout here.

Sparky

I enjoyed that storm

Micilin Muc

Scien wrote: »

Incredible display over D6 from about 03.55 to 04.15.

I think one must have been just above my house as there was no time delay and it sounded like the lightning you'd hear in a cartoon! Was afraid to even touch my mobile to check the time!

My name is URL

Had it here around 5am. Loudest thunder I think I've ever heard.

The dogs still hiding in the hot-press

InkSlinger67

pelacho wrote: »

**** yeah. its proper now in crumlin. about 7 seconds delay

No, calm down people of Crumlin, there was no thunder and lightening there last night, just a few o' da boys and their pipe bombs

F*ckin' Deadly Bud. What,what!!!!

tech77

What's with all the "ooh thunder is awesome" posts.

This thread needs more "stupid thunder" posts:

Stupid thunder woke me up.
Loudest i've ever heard.

seamus

I saw and heard nothing last night.

Relevant

the worst thing about the storms of last night was the fact that RTE were advising peple this morning not to leave their houses unless it was necessary and to avoid any unnecessary travel. What a load of crap, why is it that the weather completely grinds this country to a halt!

Maddison

I woke up this morning completely oblivious as to what was going on during the night....ended up a half an hour late as the Ballymun Road is cordoned off on one side & gardai are redirecting traffic. No even hot gardai out:(

Spiritoftheseventies

for simple reason that cars travel out in floods and then get stuck. thats why they tell people not to travel unless they have to.

Jesus Juice

I love Thunder and Lightening,its great craic!

bronte

So that's what woke me up last night!

holly1

robbie_998 wrote: »

well i guess theres only one way too find out

whats a good one ? im trying to think of ways to make the tester **** himself without me failing

its in Naas and by the looks of it its gonna be a '08 Opel Corsa

worst part is i didnt get any sleep yet :eek:

Good luck today robbie,and let us know how you get on.;)

EdgarAllenPoo

One really loud crack woke me up at 4 or 5 this morning, sounded like a massive tree falling. Just as well I did wake up because the rain was starting to piss in the bedroom window.

joey54

I was working through the night and the the office is in the attic. Pretty scary stuff every time there was lightning. I only had a desk lamp on and each time there was lightning the whole room would light up!

The bangs were so loud too!

Wertz

Wow, there was one particular +CG strike here at about 5am this morning out over the sea...I was already awake from the rain and caught the flash....5 seconds later the loudest peal of thunder I've ever heard in my life , including plenty of severe T storms I've witnessed in tropical regions. Sounded more like a bomb.
Think we might be on for a few rumbles later this afternoon on the east coast too...but nothing like last night.

Ghost Train

Seemed to pass over quite quick here, or else I slept through most of it, but was pretty stormy for a bit

big b

seamus wrote: »

I saw and heard nothing last night.

http://timesonline.typepad.com/style/images/2007/10/19/gimp_3.jpg


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AnonoBoy

I ran into my housemates room and said "Hey remember that bit in Poltergeist with the kid counting the seconds between the flashes and the thunder and then.... the clown got him!"

She scares easy. I'm a bastard.

AnonoBoy

seamus wrote:

I saw and heard nothing last night.

Save it for the Gardai Seamus.

phasers

Everyone around here in Clondalkin is talking about it like it's such a huge thing

I slept through it no bother, my window was open and all

cosmic

It was going mental in Dublin 6w last night, all the crashing and booming woke me up but then the noises somehow soothed me back to sleep again. It was very pleasant altogether! My OH disagrees though, the big grumpy sleep deprived head on him this morning!

convert

The thunder and lightning was cool, even though it woke me up around 3.30ish. However, the subsequent alarms that went off were a nightmare - and some stupid lazy f*****s decided not to get up and turn them off. I'm now very cranky as a result of my sleep deprivation! God help said lazy individuals if I see them this evening.