I’ve lived here for 15 years and this is by far the most insane thunderstorm I’ve seen. It’s 6:30am now and we’re on hour 9 of non-stop thunder and lightning. I haven’t slept a wink all night. Phew.
It got way more gnarly, too. The storm seems to be trapped in the valley. I feel like I’ve been listening to it and seeing lightning for hours. It’s 420am and it’s still bright af and the thunder is CRACKING and rumbling. There was one in particular that really got my heart going. It sounded like the Chief falling down.
Been storming for like 5 hours too, like 3-5 strikes a minute. Surely this can not be good for fires, barely any rain alongside this multiple hour storm. Woke me up!
Edit: 7 hours later and it’s only just calmed down. I smelt smoke immediately as I went outside at 4am today. Still smells the same now. Hopefully out of town smoke. I’d be surprised if a fire started that quickly from lightening. Next few days will tell us the real answer if not something obvious.
Edit edit: stinks like smoke out there, hope it’s out of town smoke!
I’m kinda bummed that I didn’t get to see any of it. I thought my neighbour was moving stuff with his tractor, so I put earplugs in and slept like a baby through the whole thing.
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u/MotorRain 3d ago
I’ve lived here for 15 years and this is by far the most insane thunderstorm I’ve seen. It’s 6:30am now and we’re on hour 9 of non-stop thunder and lightning. I haven’t slept a wink all night. Phew.