Freak Lightning storm in ATL

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:18 am

i dunno if Dedman saw what i saw, but holy shiz....

i counted at least 300 strikes in 30-45 minutes time.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:31 am

Np pics? WTF dude.

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:46 am

You really sat there and counted 300 strikes??

...still pisses me off though, 42 degs today.....i ain't seen a cloud in months.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:49 am

ill see if i can find anything in the newspapers, or on the TV Station websites

HaAGen DaZS · Post by **HaAGen DaZS** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:08 pm

back when i was just awee guy, i remember sailing to S. Africa, and we encountered a heavy lightening storm. it was really cool. im still not 100% on this - i cant really remember, but i am sure we were hit on the bow, on deck. i remember seeing sparks, tho. maybe it was just infront of the ship. also seen the water get several times which looked awesome!

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 2:59 pm

Flabby Chick wrote:You really sat there and counted 300 strikes??

i didnt have to sit and watch, the shiz was sooo bright i could see it off my window blinds.

Nexus_One · Post by **Nexus_One** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 10:43 pm

How many times did you get hit and survive? Was Hanna there to photograph the whole thing for us?

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 10:46 pm

Hanna was throwing the bolts from the clouds.

Nexus_One · Post by **Nexus_One** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 10:51 pm

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:50 pm

acecombat invented lightning, didn't ya know? Made my avatar for me even....

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:16 pm

okay enough.

Ded, did you catch any of that storm?

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:24 pm

Bah, you think thats a freak lightning storm Ace? Come over in my neck of the woods. Everytime a storm gets near during the summer, we get a HUGE lightshow. If the camera was capable of taking night shots, I'd take some and post them here.

Hell, I'll just take the video camera out and capture it to my computer.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:27 pm

i for one, have never seen such a display of lightning in the 21 years of living in GA.

TheCops · Post by **TheCops** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:49 pm

ace,
you can be honest with us. you've been dropping acid, right? it would explain so many things.

Canuck · Post by **Canuck** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:30 pm

He, he, he, (Beavis & Butthead style),
AcidCombat.

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:58 pm

Man, I wish I did. D3 on acid..I can only imagine.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 7:09 pm

AceCombat wrote:Ded, did you catch any of that storm?

Yes we did. We are living in Fairburn now and we got absolutely hammered. The whole house was shaking for at least a half hour. It freaked the hell out of the cats. Our 14 month old daughter slept through it though, so that was a bonus.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 7:44 pm

Fairburn.......your less than 25 minutes away from me. my parents are in Fayetteville.

it freaked me out.....i physically unplugged everything i had plugged in.

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 5:27 am

AceCombat wrote:i counted at least 300 strikes in 30-45 minutes time.

Posted Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:18 pm

AceCombat wrote:didnt have to sit and watch, the shiz was sooo bright i could see it off my window blinds.

Posted Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:59 pm

So how do you know there was at least 300?? are you even attempting to BS yourself now...we all know you were hiding in the closet

BTW this is a weekly occurance down in Jacksonville(and yes there are fools that count them for the weather channel) last one had 700-800 stikes in a 45 minute period. Of which I was driving through, Knocked out all the traffic lights and business power on the road I was on(fl drivers tehysuck)

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 5:54 am

Damn, I wish we had storms like that here. I lurb T-Storms.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:07 am

Bubba

I lived in Florida for 7 years so I know about and have a healthy respect for what real thunderstorms can do. However, we just don't get them like that up here in Georgia. The one we had the other night was a good old fashioned Florida style thunderstorm. It was pretty cool.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 12:20 pm

Yeh earlier this year we was chasing the 'nados. We went out chasing one day, but didn't see any tornados, but we did get a hell of a lightning show after it was dark! I mean, it was non stop. NON-F8CKING-STOP! It was like those strobe lights and/or rave parties. We stodd there in that field, and we was like.... sheeyat.... dam that was so cool.... THE POWER! in that storm!? jesus christ that was awesome...

a couple days later we finally "saw" a tornado. but it was covered in rain and clouds so we didn't actually see it... but it passed us from about a mile away and the wind was SUPER strong. it would have blown my ass over if I didn't get back in the car.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:44 pm

Don't let Bubba fool ya; up until a few years ago he was another of us Lawn Gislanders.

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:17 am

DCrazy wrote:Don't let Bubba fool ya; up until a few years ago he was another of us Lawn Gislanders.

Yep yep and before that It was Maine, before that it was Tennessee, before that it was Illinois, and before that it was Florida... but at least I'm not sucking on my Mom's teets in all the places I lived!

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 6:37 am

What the hell, are you a gypsy or something?

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:49 pm

ROTFLMAO!!

anyways, i found that storm quite interesting. i frequently visit FL, but i have never come across a storm like what i saw here.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:59 pm

We would get them a couple of times a week in Tampa.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:31 pm

all year round, or certain seasons?

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 6:05 am

Mostly in the summer which in Tampa is from April to November.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 2:16 pm

ill have to keep a eye out next time im in Ft Myers