[Colin Wilson]

Well, the day started absolutely scorching, but by 4pm the rainclouds
had gathered.

Lets put it this way, i've had a PC or two on 24/7 since ~1993 and
today was the first time I not only switched them off, but also
_unplugged_ them and the router.

Lightning like we've never seen it, extremely heavy rain lasting about
an hour, and this was the road outside - luckily we're in the
"shallow" end (!)

http://www.coreutilities.co.uk/rain.jpg

Yes, that kid is ass deep in water, and the pavement where the bike is
happens to be a double-height kerb.

This crazy barsteward drove through it - he looks artificially high
here because he's going over a speed hump (!)

http://www.coreutilities.co.uk/rain2.jpg

And last but not least, here's a (cropped) pic of my neighbour - quite
a lot of symmetry to it, even if I do say so myself...

http://www.coreutilities.co.uk/rain3.jpg

We had no patio left (developed a free swimming pool - 4-5" of water),
and it came to within an inch of breaching the damp course.

Just to top it all off, we've got a flat-roofed extension, and it
started to leak where it met the back wall of the house :-} (luckily
it's just "damp" not ****ing in !)

[Frank Erskine]

On Sun, 11 May 2008 22:40:38 +0100, Colin Wilson
o.uk wrote:

Well, the day started absolutely scorching, but by 4pm the rainclouds
had gathered.

Lets put it this way, i've had a PC or two on 24/7 since ~1993 and
today was the first time I not only switched them off, but also
_unplugged_ them and the router.

Lightning like we've never seen it, extremely heavy rain lasting about
an hour, and this was the road outside - luckily we're in the
"shallow" end (!)

Whereabouts are you? It's been quite a nice day here today, warm,
albeit a bit of a sea-fret close to the coast, but there's been no
precipitation yet (famous last words!).

At about 4pm I was walking the dog in a country park, eating an
ice-cream, and wearing shorts and a polo shirt. Just a little cooler
tonight as I went to the pub.

--
Frank Erskine
Sunderland

[Colin Wilson]

Whereabouts are you?

Liverpool

[Clive George]

"Colin Wilson" o.uk wrote
in message g...
Well, the day started absolutely scorching, but by 4pm the rainclouds
had gathered.

We had a pleasant walk in the dales - got to hear thunder for about an hour,
saw a few proper flashes over 10 minutes, and saw the rain coming down hard
over Ingleborough. We remained completely dry :-)

(good clouds too)

cheers,
clive

[Tanner-'op]

Colin Wilson wrote:
Well, the day started absolutely scorching, but by 4pm the rainclouds
had gathered.

Lets put it this way, i've had a PC or two on 24/7 since ~1993 and
today was the first time I not only switched them off, but also
_unplugged_ them and the router.

Lightning like we've never seen it, extremely heavy rain lasting about
an hour, and this was the road outside - luckily we're in the
"shallow" end (!)

http://www.coreutilities.co.uk/rain.jpg

Yes, that kid is ass deep in water, and the pavement where the bike is
happens to be a double-height kerb.

This crazy barsteward drove through it - he looks artificially high
here because he's going over a speed hump (!)

http://www.coreutilities.co.uk/rain2.jpg

And last but not least, here's a (cropped) pic of my neighbour - quite
a lot of symmetry to it, even if I do say so myself...

http://www.coreutilities.co.uk/rain3.jpg

We had no patio left (developed a free swimming pool - 4-5" of water),
and it came to within an inch of breaching the damp course.

Just to top it all off, we've got a flat-roofed extension, and it
started to leak where it met the back wall of the house :-} (luckily
it's just "damp" not ****ing in !)

We had it Friday evening (after a warm day) for around three hours or so
covering the Southwest and South Wales. For a while, the storm was eerily
'silent' with huge lightning flashes every few minutes lighting up the dark
sky - and not a sound.

Then came the sound effects, thunder that seemed to roll around for minutes
on end after each lightning flash -and then the crescendo with the added
rain - and was it a fantastic, nature flexing its muscles. :-)

No problem with flooding where I was though - but I live on the top of a
bloody great hill :-)

Tanner-'op

[Colin Wilson]

No problem with flooding where I was though - but I live on the top of a
bloody great hill :-)

We're not in an area particularly known for flooding ourselves (no
water courses nearby etc) - i've been here 19 years, and i've seen it
get to a few inches under really heavy rain, but nothing like this :-}

[tony sayer]

In article , Colin
Wilson o.uk scribeth
thus
Well, the day started absolutely scorching, but by 4pm the rainclouds
had gathered.

Lets put it this way, i've had a PC or two on 24/7 since ~1993 and
today was the first time I not only switched them off, but also
_unplugged_ them and the router.

Lightning like we've never seen it, extremely heavy rain lasting about
an hour, and this was the road outside - luckily we're in the
"shallow" end (!)

http://www.coreutilities.co.uk/rain.jpg

Yes, that kid is ass deep in water, and the pavement where the bike is
happens to be a double-height kerb.


Boyz will be boyz eh?, used to love floods when I were a nipper etc..




--
Tony Sayer

[tony sayer]

In article , Tanner-'op tannerop@i.
?.?.?.?.?.nvalid.com scribeth thus
Colin Wilson wrote:
Well, the day started absolutely scorching, but by 4pm the rainclouds
had gathered.

Lets put it this way, i've had a PC or two on 24/7 since ~1993 and
today was the first time I not only switched them off, but also
_unplugged_ them and the router.

Lightning like we've never seen it, extremely heavy rain lasting about
an hour, and this was the road outside - luckily we're in the
"shallow" end (!)

http://www.coreutilities.co.uk/rain.jpg

Yes, that kid is ass deep in water, and the pavement where the bike is
happens to be a double-height kerb.

This crazy barsteward drove through it - he looks artificially high
here because he's going over a speed hump (!)

http://www.coreutilities.co.uk/rain2.jpg

And last but not least, here's a (cropped) pic of my neighbour - quite
a lot of symmetry to it, even if I do say so myself...

http://www.coreutilities.co.uk/rain3.jpg

We had no patio left (developed a free swimming pool - 4-5" of water),
and it came to within an inch of breaching the damp course.

Just to top it all off, we've got a flat-roofed extension, and it
started to leak where it met the back wall of the house :-} (luckily
it's just "damp" not ****ing in !)

We had it Friday evening (after a warm day) for around three hours or so
covering the Southwest and South Wales. For a while, the storm was eerily
'silent' with huge lightning flashes every few minutes lighting up the dark
sky - and not a sound.

Then came the sound effects, thunder that seemed to roll around for minutes
on end after each lightning flash -and then the crescendo with the added
rain - and was it a fantastic, nature flexing its muscles. :-)

No problem with flooding where I was though - but I live on the top of a
bloody great hill :-)

Tanner-'op


Mind the lightning then!...

Remember the 30 / 30 rule..

Inside when the flash to bang is less than 30 seconds .. and outside 30
mins after the last flash..
--
Tony Sayer

[Lobster]

tony sayer wrote:
In article , Tanner-'op tannerop@i.
?.?.?.?.?.nvalid.com scribeth thus
Colin Wilson wrote:
Well, the day started absolutely scorching, but by 4pm the rainclouds
had gathered.

Lets put it this way, i've had a PC or two on 24/7 since ~1993 and
today was the first time I not only switched them off, but also
_unplugged_ them and the router.

Lightning like we've never seen it, extremely heavy rain lasting about
an hour, and this was the road outside - luckily we're in the
"shallow" end (!)

http://www.coreutilities.co.uk/rain.jpg

Yes, that kid is ass deep in water, and the pavement where the bike is
happens to be a double-height kerb.

This crazy barsteward drove through it - he looks artificially high
here because he's going over a speed hump (!)

http://www.coreutilities.co.uk/rain2.jpg

And last but not least, here's a (cropped) pic of my neighbour - quite
a lot of symmetry to it, even if I do say so myself...

http://www.coreutilities.co.uk/rain3.jpg

We had no patio left (developed a free swimming pool - 4-5" of water),
and it came to within an inch of breaching the damp course.

Just to top it all off, we've got a flat-roofed extension, and it
started to leak where it met the back wall of the house :-} (luckily
it's just "damp" not ****ing in !)
We had it Friday evening (after a warm day) for around three hours or so
covering the Southwest and South Wales. For a while, the storm was eerily
'silent' with huge lightning flashes every few minutes lighting up the dark
sky - and not a sound.

Then came the sound effects, thunder that seemed to roll around for minutes
on end after each lightning flash -and then the crescendo with the added
rain - and was it a fantastic, nature flexing its muscles. :-)

No problem with flooding where I was though - but I live on the top of a
bloody great hill :-)

Tanner-'op


Mind the lightning then!...

Remember the 30 / 30 rule..

Inside when the flash to bang is less than 30 seconds .. and outside 30
mins after the last flash..

Maybe I'm being thick early on a Monday morning, but wanna clarify the
above?!

David

[[email protected]]

On 11 May, 23:32, Colin Wilson
o.uk wrote:
Whereabouts are you?

Liverpool

I was over in Neston on the Wirral during the rain and thunderstorm -
not quite as bad as you described it, but fairly severe nonetheless.

Having read the news this morning about Liverpool Airport etc, I was
particularly surprised as when I arrived home in Frodsham some 3 hours
later it was completely bone dry - there had not been a drop of rain,
and we are only about 2-3 miles (as the crow flies) from the airport!

Matt

[Tanner-'op]

tony sayer wrote:
In article , Tanner-'op
tannerop@i. ?.?.?.?.?.nvalid.com scribeth thus
Colin Wilson wrote:
Well, the day started absolutely scorching, but by 4pm the
rainclouds had gathered.

Lets put it this way, i've had a PC or two on 24/7 since ~1993 and
today was the first time I not only switched them off, but also
_unplugged_ them and the router.

Lightning like we've never seen it, extremely heavy rain lasting
about an hour, and this was the road outside - luckily we're in the
"shallow" end (!)

http://www.coreutilities.co.uk/rain.jpg

Yes, that kid is ass deep in water, and the pavement where the bike
is happens to be a double-height kerb.

This crazy barsteward drove through it - he looks artificially high
here because he's going over a speed hump (!)

http://www.coreutilities.co.uk/rain2.jpg

And last but not least, here's a (cropped) pic of my neighbour -
quite a lot of symmetry to it, even if I do say so myself...

http://www.coreutilities.co.uk/rain3.jpg

We had no patio left (developed a free swimming pool - 4-5" of
water), and it came to within an inch of breaching the damp course.

Just to top it all off, we've got a flat-roofed extension, and it
started to leak where it met the back wall of the house :-} (luckily
it's just "damp" not ****ing in !)

We had it Friday evening (after a warm day) for around three hours
or so covering the Southwest and South Wales. For a while, the
storm was eerily 'silent' with huge lightning flashes every few
minutes lighting up the dark sky - and not a sound.

Then came the sound effects, thunder that seemed to roll around for
minutes on end after each lightning flash -and then the crescendo
with the added rain - and was it a fantastic, nature flexing its
muscles. :-)

No problem with flooding where I was though - but I live on the top
of a bloody great hill :-)

Tanner-'op


Mind the lightning then!...

Remember the 30 / 30 rule..

Inside when the flash to bang is less than 30 seconds .. and outside
30 mins after the last flash..

Tony,

That rule is no fun, I love a good thunderstorm and will stay outside to
watch until the rain starts to fall rather heavily and I've been doing that
ever since I was a small nipper - great stuff :-)

Tanner-'op

[Mogga]

On Sun, 11 May 2008 22:40:38 +0100, Colin Wilson
o.uk wrote:

Well, the day started absolutely scorching, but by 4pm the rainclouds
had gathered.


We had a shower of rocks thrown by the local chavs about 4.15PM.
That's some mega rain you've had.
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Ah fetch it yourself if you can't wait for delivery
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[Part timer]

On 11 May, 23:32, Colin Wilson
o.uk wrote:
Whereabouts are you?

Liverpool

Is it nice living opposite a jail? If it's not a jail, what is it?

[Colin Wilson]

Is it nice living opposite a jail? If it's not a jail, what is it?

It's actually a library / nursery / job centre / sports hall

[tony sayer]

In article ,
scribeth thus
Thus spake Lobster ) unto the assembled
multitudes:

Remember the 30 / 30 rule..

Inside when the flash to bang is less than 30 seconds .. and outside 30
mins after the last flash..

Maybe I'm being thick early on a Monday morning, but wanna clarify the
above?!

I think he means that if the thunder comes within 30 seconds of the
lightning flash, the thundercloud is getting very close and it's time to
head for the safety of indoors (though that's not guaranteed), and it's
safe to go outside again half an hour after you last saw a flash of
lightning.


Yes thats what's meant..



The safest place to be during a thunderstorm is inside anything that's
enclosed by a metal frame and acts as a Faraday Cage, such as a car. That's
of course unless the car gets submerged by floodwater ;-)



Interesting one that .. never bothered to work it out!..
--
Tony Sayer

[tony sayer]

No problem with flooding where I was though - but I live on the top
of a bloody great hill :-)

Tanner-'op


Mind the lightning then!...

Remember the 30 / 30 rule..

Inside when the flash to bang is less than 30 seconds .. and outside
30 mins after the last flash..

Tony,

That rule is no fun, I love a good thunderstorm and will stay outside to
watch until the rain starts to fall rather heavily and I've been doing that
ever since I was a small nipper - great stuff :-)

Tanner-'op



Rules are for the guidance of wise men, but the strict obeyance of
idiots and other feeble minded persons...
--
Tony Sayer

[RW[_4_]]

"Colin Wilson" o.uk wrote
in message g...
Whereabouts are you?

Liverpool
^^^^

Salright then............


;-)