View Full Version : Little Rain, but CRAZY Lightning!
ShawnLee
09-19-2005, 08:06 PM
This isn't as bad as when my brother and I drove to Philadelphia, but it's pretty crazy. Is anyone else in So Cal getting this much electricity and noise?
My friend is at school in La Mirada, and I'm at home in HB. We both saw one flash at the same time while we were on the phone. That's narly, and huge.
zippyjuan
09-19-2005, 09:01 PM
I was at the zoo today and was near the gorillas when I heard thunder. They play sound effects like birds and jungle noises so I thought it was that I heard, but then it started to rain! The sunset was gorgeous! Lots of red in it.
bachviet
09-19-2005, 09:11 PM
Yeap scared the heck out of my Mom but my little girl wasn't scared at all.
Airencracken
09-19-2005, 11:00 PM
Yup tons o' lightning
tupacboy
09-19-2005, 11:06 PM
yeah its pretty bad here in the 909
RoniMan
09-20-2005, 12:47 AM
lots of lightning and thunder now...but i haven't run out yet. :P
Freelance Superhero
09-20-2005, 12:57 AM
yep... i'm in irvine at the moment, and it's been goin on all night, off and on. pretty crazy, because the weather's been real nice up until today...
Gothic Girl
09-20-2005, 01:17 AM
Apparently you haven't seen my thread (http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91905) :disa:
Kevster
09-20-2005, 01:32 AM
This is about the time when I pop in my Doors CD and cue 'Riders on the Storm'. Good lightning music. :)
yippiekiyeh
09-20-2005, 01:43 AM
Plenty of lightning and thunder, thank goodness for a UPS!
brainsmile
09-20-2005, 02:33 AM
took a couple amateur pics... Will post them later.
yeah, was driving on 105 East with my friend and enjoyed the light show ...
brainsmile
09-20-2005, 09:53 AM
Keep in mind this is my first try at this sort of thing and I was not very steady holding the camera.
http://www.lemonizer.com/upload/uploadsMarch/P9200056.JPG
http://www.lemonizer.com/upload/uploadsMarch/P9200078.JPG
http://www.lemonizer.com/upload/uploadsMarch/P9200087.JPG
http://www.lemonizer.com/upload/uploadsMarch/P9200111.JPG
Thesifer
09-20-2005, 10:03 AM
There was some here in San Diego area.. but I didn't see a whole lot.. maybe we missed it? .. But I also grew up in oklahoma.. so i'm used to constant Stormy Weather
brainsmile
09-20-2005, 10:14 AM
I'm in San Diego and those pics are from my house
Got both the rain and lightning here in Studio City/Burbank now. When I talked to Shawn last night, I didn't see anything.
I live in Santa Ana and the rain came down pretty heavy last night .....lightning was awesome! I love this kind of weather ......just wish I could've stayed home w/my daughter!! :bandit:
I'm in Irvine this morning and it's just cloudy and dark outside but no rain or lightning! ....it wasn't cold this morning ....i thought it would be, though ...cuz of the rain and all
:shrug:
I'm in San Diego and those pics are from my house
i liked the 2nd picture .....pretty good! that one caught the lightning pretty good!
Grimm
09-20-2005, 10:36 AM
I live in Santa Ana and the rain came down pretty heavy last night .....lightning was awesome! I love this kind of weather ......just wish I could've stayed home w/my daughter!! :bandit:
I used to live there, on Wright street. We would get a lot of thunderstorms and lightning. And as a plus the wind was no slouch either.
CornMonkey
09-20-2005, 10:46 AM
nice pics!
i'm in west LA...not too many lightnings around here. but last night, while the wife and i were having dinner, she was complaining of "bright lights" in the horizon. we forgot that a storm was coming in... she thought it was someone taking pictures...and i thought she was paranoid. and that's my story.
gaemul
09-20-2005, 10:46 AM
hey brainsmile I think you need to bump down the resolution! Way too big!
hey brainsmile I think you need to bump down the resolution! Way too big!
:stupid:
it would make for easier viewing! :cheers:
Grimm
09-20-2005, 11:30 AM
hey brainsmile I think you need to bump down the resolution! Way too big!
Bah!!! Get a bigger monitor. The pics are great. ;)
ShawnLee
09-20-2005, 11:32 AM
Bah!!! Get a bigger monitor. The pics are great. ;):stupid: Haha, I enjoyed them.
brainsmile
09-20-2005, 12:55 PM
size matters to some I suppose
as you wish
http://www.lemonizer.com/upload/uploadsMarch/P9200056a.jpg
http://www.lemonizer.com/upload/uploadsMarch/P9200078b.jpg
http://www.lemonizer.com/upload/uploadsMarch/P9200087a.jpg
http://www.lemonizer.com/upload/uploadsMarch/P9200111a.jpg
I was in downtown L.A. in one of the high rises and it was great. It rained enough to make puddles on the ground.
It rained pretty good after I got home though. And the thunder actually woke me up a few times.
zippyjuan
09-20-2005, 01:35 PM
We got the worst at about 1:30- 2:00 this morning. Usually we lose power when that happens- the next block over went out, but mine stayed on. I wasn't able to get any picures- nice job brainsmile! The hair on my arms was standing up just before one and the crash was almost immediately after the flash- set off every alarm in the neighborhood. I like these things- they dont' happen very often out here. We usedt to get them in the summer in Colorado.
more thunder here in Irvine .....heard it as I was getting back to the office from lunch ....
Showtime
09-20-2005, 01:53 PM
Got rain. Anaheim is pouring right now. Thank God for the weatherperson. :rolleyes:
thresher
09-20-2005, 06:17 PM
I checked to make sure the references were spot on before I opened my big mouth, but I thought I was right. I live in the "Lightning Capital of the World". Which means out of the 20 million strikes in the US, we get 20% of them. Yes, it's wild, and YES it's loud. I have seen more stuff get hit than you can imagine including the ocean many times. It's pretty badass, but I have felt the ground shocks twice. Not badass.
PS - stunning pics Brainsmile. those rock! :thumbsup:
footnotes - http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:iGvb-taQjFQJ:www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9807/08/lightning.strikes/+the+Lightning+Capital+of+the+World+&hl=en
http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:Wcq9-aZgVvQJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida+lightning+strikes+numbers+fl&hl=en
Markel
09-20-2005, 06:32 PM
I checked to make sure the references were spot on before I opened my big mouth, but I thought I was right. I live in the "Lightning Capital of the World". Which means out of the 20 million strikes in the US, we get 20% of them. Yes, it's wild, and YES it's loud. I have seen more stuff get hit than you can imagine including the ocean many times.
Yeah, I can remember a few boomers when I was growing up there. (I also remember news of people being struck on the beach.... :( ). Here in the midwest, we get some pretty spectacular storms from time to time.
brainsmile
09-20-2005, 08:56 PM
well this is the first one up close I've seen since being in SD
Kevster
09-21-2005, 01:32 AM
Central Florida is definitely the lightning capital of the nation, if not the world. Southern California is actually the region least likely to get lightning storms in the continental United States, that's why it is such a big event when we have them.
The only reason I know this is because when I was studying for the RCDD exam, they had a whole section on lightning protection systems for outdoor/underground cable entrances into structures and in that chapter they had the probability of lightning strikes in the continental US, and the least likely area was So. Cal.
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