Egluntyne Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Oh my word, after a glorious day the thunder and lightening here in Sheffield is a sight to behold. Raindrops the size of eggs! Will this horrible weather ever end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Ooooo, send it down here Hon We had a downpour here early evening, but not much to speak of and I saw it coming, so everything was covered and the washing was indoors. If it thunders badly in the night, I shall have Rosie and both the cats on my bed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 yep its just started thundering and raining hard just as i started reading this creepy..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Chucking it down here now, Egluntine . It's been smashing all day but it went very dark about half an hour ago and now the rain's thundering on the conservatory roof . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 Whereabouts are you xChicken04x ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 No so sunny Berkshire, was completely black at 7.15pm. Torrential rain, windy and fabulous lightening (my roof decided it was a good time to leak with the battering it received). Sun came out at 8pm as if nothing happened. The chooks huddled under the winter shade as I put them in the run early tonight. Chooks now protesting to be let out but back garden is a swamp so they will just have to carry on protesting....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 (edited) Egluntine-iam on the Wirral. its just started going off a bit but my poor cats were at the doors, eyes wide, absoulutly terrified and soaking Edited June 20, 2007 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 What awful weather you have been having down south lately Please send some rain up here. I have just finished watering pots and hanging baskets again We have still a got a blue sky up here at 9.45pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 By 6pm the sky was black, put the lights on in the kitchen as we couldn't see! Massive down pour, thunder and lightning. It really charged the air, I love thunder and lightning in the summer. it filled one of my water butts in about an hour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 The storm has just started in cheshire we are watching the lightening at the moment and the cat is hiding under the bed...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 What awful weather you have been having down south lately I've never considered Sheffield to be "down South" before, Ali-s....more like "Oop North"....but from where you are...it definitely is "Dahn Sarf" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Anywhere below Aviemore is down South Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Ali-s is on the top of the world looking down on creation and the...Sorry Everything is south! for Ali-s! Egluntine, it is grim up north, Sheffield is near the equator isn't it! The best way to describe the weather her at the mo, is that there isn't any! Not a good sign, It's like the old cowboy films where the guy says ' it's too quiet' just before getting an arrow in the mush. Batton down the hatches Couperwife!! Force fourteen north easterly 'hooligan' wind to come!! It has gone rather dark too, but I think that's cos it's night! Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 Sheffield is near the equator isn't it! A bit nearer to it than than Teeside.....tis true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 It has gone rather dark too, but I think that's cos it's night! Spooky but it's done that here too I've been watching the weather for past couple of weeks on the news and keep wondering when we're going to get some. We've had a little bit of rain, which was a relief after our extended heatwave, and it's a bit blowy at the moment, but torrential rain, floods and thunder storms?? Famous last words?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I feel better now the storms kicked in properly. I always feel ill beforehand. At least that meant I got my washing in in time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I was trying to clear Bizmillah's swollen crop with the flush-and-hang-upside-down method when the storm hit. Bent over double with the rain lashing me and lghtning overhead coaxing a recalcitrant chook to vomit. How the mighty fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Poor Bizmillah and poor you! I bet you looked a picture though! Beautiful day here this morning, not a cloud in the sky! edit - spoke too soon, the clouds are rolling in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 Poor Bizmillah. Hope she's ok. Lovely here this am with that "after the storm" sparkliness.......and that gorgeous freshness that follows a storm. The Great Lakes are back in the garden though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Poor Bizmillah - and you Rhapsody! Animals choose their moments don't they! You'll need a canoe soon Egluntine! I'll have to go and check the soakaway and rod it - or the Big Green Poo Machine will pack up again I think Kev and Dan get together for their evening drink and then come and post on here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I feel better now the storms kicked in properly. I always feel ill beforehand. At least that meant I got my washing in in time Me too Bron. I had my "Thunder Headache" for most of the afternoon, & our storm started about 7ish. Amazing lightning, & one thunderbolt which literally shook the windows & blew the power in the village - never seen or heard anything like it (I pity wherever it hit!) I looked out at the hens,who were all dry uner their roof,but looking very alarmed,the poor loves The frount flooded as there was so much rain that the road drains couldn't cope. Its much nicer today - none of that sticky mugginess of yeasterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 The weather is moving Borth Ali you will get your share Guess who's quad biking in Crieff this afternoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 Borth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Ahem that would be North Ali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 We missed the storms again; torrential rain last night, but that's all. Can't have been too bad as there's no flooding this morning, and the water butt isn't full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...