Thunderstorms

POSTED BY: retrovertigo
UPDATED: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 16:29
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MATTCOZ

Monday, March 13, 2006 4:47 PM

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Originally posted by Arcadia:
I go to the university of illinous, champaign-urbana

I-L-L!

Yup, had some nice thunderstorms up in Chicago last night, nothing like watching a storm over the Chicago skyline.

ARCADIA

Monday, March 13, 2006 4:50 PM

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Originally posted by mattcoz:
I-L-L!

I-N-I!

God, that cheer can get on my nerves. :-)

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SERYN

Monday, March 13, 2006 7:14 PM

I love storms, and snow, and rain, and all the weather like that, it make late winter/early spring my favorite time of the year, which makes you something of a pariah in a place where most people spend all year working to fly to the sun, but opressive heat and sun headaches just don't do it for me sadly.

That plane ride sounded out of this world, I adore flying, I don't even read, I just spend every second taking in all the little sensations. But we flew to Barcelona a while back and came through the clouds just as the sun was turning them all these vibrant intense pinks purles and oranges. I could have died right then happy as larry, but not now, I want to see a thunderstorm from above...

We finally got some decent snow here, it only stayed for a day, but that was enough, I came down in the morning and my mum reckons my face just lit up, she said I couldn't have looked more excited if "Hugh Jackman had covered himself in chocolate sauce and sid 'well, come on then'"

I guess I like snow.

So, I had a good weekend, roll on the April storms. Though they ain't as good as yours. From my one brief visit to the States, I discovered that you guys do two things (at least) brilliantly - Dragonflys, and Weather.

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GRIZWALD

Monday, March 13, 2006 7:30 PM

Retrovertigo, I was gonna ask where you were from, because we had our first T-storm last night too. I'm prolly 175-200 miles to your west.

Honorbound, you deserved that snowstorm. :) Last weekend we Iowans got dumped on big time and you were spared. Now it's your turn.

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MATTCOZ

Monday, March 13, 2006 7:36 PM

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Originally posted by Arcadia:
Quote:
Originally posted by mattcoz:
I-L-L!
I-N-I!
God, that cheer can get on my nerves. :-)

Oh come on, it's great! Especially when it's so loud that the arena shakes, or when they're on the road and you can still hear it on the tv broadcast.

RETROVERTIGO

Tuesday, March 14, 2006 3:18 AM

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Originally posted by grizwald:
Retrovertigo, I was gonna ask where you were from, because we had our first T-storm last night too. I'm prolly 175-200 miles to your west.

Yeah, I'm about 35-40 miles due west of Chicago.

LIMINALOSITY

Tuesday, March 14, 2006 5:10 AM

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Originally posted by Honorbound: Well, if it's snow you want... we have a ton of it right now in Minnesota. Nothing like a ThunderSnowStorm.

w00t! A wholle entire thread for people who love T-storms, this is thrilling! Mmmmm, thundersnow!
*squidges all the stormy ones*

I'm from MN, in PDX, OR, and missing thunderstorms more than most anything else about MN ('cept my friends, and deep deep lakes).
When I was a kid, before it was illegal for kids to have any fun, mom used to let us put on our swimming suits and go outside to play in summer storms. Oh, boy was that fun.

The last summer I was in MN, a train of storms passed over my place in the middle of the night. The center of an enormous storm passed right overhead, and it was the most gripping, exciting heart pounding eye searing thing ever. I felt like I was really inside it. Ooo!

Where I live now is nicely situated to see whole storm systems float pass by in all their glory, enormous thunderheads just on the far side of the river - sometimes half a dozen of them in a sunny afternoon. Beauty in the extreme, but sadly, we almost never get thunder and lightening.

It snowed on Wednesday night, and I opened my door to 4" of brilliant white on the deep green grass. It made me shout with pleasure.

Aztecs used the term firefly metaphorically, meaning a spark of knowledge in a world of ignorance or darkness.

NOSADSEVEN

Tuesday, March 14, 2006 6:54 AM

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Originally posted by liminalosity:
When I was a kid, before it was illegal for kids to have any fun, mom used to let us put on our swimming suits and go outside to play in summer storms. Oh, boy was that fun.

I have a friend who got reported to social services for letting her kids do that...

But, yeah, I've always loved the energy of a good storm - the wind, the downpours, the light and colors. Definately awe inspiring.

I have to admit, though, I'm a little bit less enthusiastic about them now that I have scared little kids, a freaking-out dog, and a house surrounded by many big trees just waiting for a gust of wind to knock them onto it.

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ROLAND19

Tuesday, March 14, 2006 7:50 AM

We ain't had a good T-storm here in my part of Kansas yet this year. I can't wait. Sitting out on my porch, watching the cars go by, strummin on my guitar. Nothing beats it.

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STARRBABY

Tuesday, March 14, 2006 12:13 PM

Eh, they're great as long as they don't yeild hail. We now have to patch our roof, our siding, our mailbox, 2 windows, our shtters, and it totaled our van.
Noone was hurt, though.

Sure sounded cool, though.

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