Members bikehorn Posted June 28, 2005 Members Share Posted June 28, 2005 so there i was, idly surfing around HC and i looked out the window. rain. i hate rain. i ignored it. so a few minutes later there's this hugeass bolt of lightning and the thunder sounded like a cannon firing...firing in my driveway!!! my computer screen also showed some static at that moment. i don't think the lightning bolt could have been more than a kilometer or two away. then i look outside some more and the rain is SERIOUSLY intense. like, you'd think there was massive fog rolling in except it was just RAIN. i realised my dad had left the windows of his car open to keep it from getting too hot, but i don't think he counted on this...so i ran out to close them and i gotta say - i've never walked around in the rain and been able to say that the rain hurt...but it did! well once i close that up and ran back in, dried off and changed, i went and shut off all electronic crap, and i got halfway through before ther power went out. and my smoke detectors and stuff all started making funny beeping noises. not as if they had detected smoke or carbon monoxide...just weird random beeps. we were all looking out the front door, and not the back. so later, when my mom opened the back door after the rain stopped, she found this: yes, we keep one of those kiddy shacks around for when my neices come over. don't ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fastplant Posted June 28, 2005 Members Share Posted June 28, 2005 Tore the roof right off your house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oneinchshawn Posted June 28, 2005 Members Share Posted June 28, 2005 Storms are intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members greenshag Posted June 28, 2005 Members Share Posted June 28, 2005 it is doing the same thing here in salt lake right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bonoman Posted June 28, 2005 Members Share Posted June 28, 2005 Where are you, Bike? I'm on the phone with my sister and she just got his by that sudden storm in her car. Looks pretty bad. I'm at Spadina and Queen right now and have to make my way back up to Spadina and St. Claire. How far off is the storm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bikehorn Posted June 28, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by Bonoman Where are you, Bike? I'm on the phone with my sister and she just got his by that sudden storm in her car. Looks pretty bad. I'm at Spadina and Queen right now and have to make my way back up to Spadina and St. Claire. How far off is the storm? i'm by wonderland. Islington & Major Mac...the storm passed, oh, about a half hour ago i'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bonoman Posted June 28, 2005 Members Share Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by bikehorn i'm by wonderland. Islington & Major Mac...the storm passed, oh, about a half hour ago i'd say. And my sister just got to Thornhill. I should leave right now if I don't want to get caught in it, eh? Thanks buddy!!! Gotta fly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bikehorn Posted June 28, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 28, 2005 haha, well, the sun's out now, so you might have missed it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reverend179 Posted June 28, 2005 Members Share Posted June 28, 2005 We just got hit by one about an hour ago, man. It was nasty. All the power went out for about ten minutes or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jazz Ad Posted June 28, 2005 Members Share Posted June 28, 2005 In some way I couldn't explain, your backyard looks much more european than american. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reverend179 Posted June 28, 2005 Members Share Posted June 28, 2005 Originally posted by Jazz Ad In some way I couldn't explain, your backyard looks much more european than american. That's pretty much how my backyard looks in the States....just bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Red Faction Posted June 28, 2005 Members Share Posted June 28, 2005 thats nothin the storm came by my place at work and the power was knocked out and dark, so we stood at the window watching the traffic go by in the rain and we saw a bolt of lightning strike the ground across the street and light a freakin tree on fire... The fire squad got there within 15 minute.. huge flames it was WICKED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 500Hz Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 is that harsh by your local standards? that would happen any given day--a nice day--where i grew up:D the wind is my briar patch:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bikehorn Posted June 29, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 hey Bonoman, i went to Richmond hill around 7:00 and everything was fine on the way there...except coming back was not as fun. the rain began again, and i mean hardcore. just as hardcore as the rain that smashed up my backyard, but without the intense winds. so i'm driving along really slowly, hazard flashers on, wiper wiping, etc and i get to my exit. just as i get on the onramp, i look at the traffic lights at the end of the onramp, and KA-BLAM! lightning hits one of the traffic lights and it explodes!! the goddamn traffic light blew up! and i was blinded, sort of, so i pulled over and sat there for a few minutes until i could see again. then i get home, and everything is dry. the rain didn't get within 4 kilomters of my house. here's another picture of my backyard, from another angle and featuring my mom and dad checking out the wreckage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hammer744 Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 Most of Thorhnill (West of Yonge) is out of power right now - lightning strike at one of the transformer stations. It was a wicked bunch of lightning up here (I'm east of Yonge - power flickered but stayed on). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldivor Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 I've been in some scary stuff like that before. I lived on the coast and this one time you could hardly see the road it was raining so hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reverend179 Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 Oh wow....I just realized that the thunderstorms started right when my grandfather passed...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sunburstbasser Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 We had a tornado yesterday. We'll be getting several of those storms this year, including a bunch of hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeonVomit Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 Originally posted by Reverend179 Oh wow....I just realized that the thunderstorms started right when my grandfather passed...... Ok, that's creepy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nicebigstrings Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 I was watching the action from Ward's Island beach last evening with my wife and daughter. What a view! Over Lake Ontario and downtown TO it was clear but north of the city looked downright Wagnerian. I remember saying to her that Richmond Hill and Aurora were getting nailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author Craig Vecchione Posted June 29, 2005 CMS Author Share Posted June 29, 2005 Originally posted by Jazz Ad In some way I couldn't explain, your backyard looks much more european than american. How does the fact that he's in Canada figure in here? Looks like pretty much every suburban American backyard. Which is different from a rural American backyard, which is way different from a redneck American backyard. The difference being the quantity of items found that would be expected in either a junkyard, scrapyard, or boneyard, but not a backyard:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheBlueGuy Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 We had a sudden storm hit us the other day. Lots of hail and lightning. Also, some of these (we took the pic from our back deck): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bnyswonger Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 REPENT!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members anothertxn Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 Texas style death rain. We haven't had it hear in a month, so I guess it went up your way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bonoman Posted June 29, 2005 Members Share Posted June 29, 2005 Originally posted by bikehorn hey Bonoman, i went to Richmond hill around 7:00 and everything was fine on the way there...except coming back was not as fun. the rain began again, and i mean hardcore. just as hardcore as the rain that smashed up my backyard, but without the intense winds. so i'm driving along really slowly, hazard flashers on, wiper wiping, etc and i get to my exit. just as i get on the onramp, i look at the traffic lights at the end of the onramp, and KA-BLAM! lightning hits one of the traffic lights and it explodes!! the goddamn traffic light blew up! and i was blinded, sort of, so i pulled over and sat there for a few minutes until i could see again. then i get home, and everything is dry. the rain didn't get within 4 kilomters of my house. here's another picture of my backyard, from another angle and featuring my mom and dad checking out the wreckage. I got home just in time, and it only lasted a few minutes where I live so I guess I got lucky. Judging from your backyard I'm going to guess you're just East of Bayview on the north side of 16th, kinda close to the 1-2-3 Market. Am I right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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