We ended up with a massive thunderstorm dead over head this afternoon.

We were all insude saying this was the closest we had ever been to the middle of a storm and the lightning stuck the power lines that are in the field less than 200 yards from our house. The tops of the poles exploded with a mass of white sparks and the fallen lines set fire to about 50 yards of hedge.

I have to hand it to the fire brigade who were here within 10 minutes and stayed for around 20 minutes until Central Networks arrived. Our power was restored in less than 3 hours which given the lines took a direct lightning strike I think is impressive.

I unplugged our computers earlier in the day so it looks like the worst damage we have suffered is a fried Sky Plus box.


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The show got better than these photos but another strike very near by made all the hair on my body stand on end amd the leaves on the tree I was under rustle which frankly scared me enough to go back inside

[Edited on 2/7/06 by andyharding]

[Edited on 2/7/06 by andyharding]

amazing

Al this is good for business

It makes you feel a bit humble when you see what mother nature has tucked in her apron. I recall watching a Discovery have its paint taken off right down the the bare ally when it got stuck on the beach with an incoming tide. Then it got washed 2miles along the beach before been stuffed under a bridge. All because the owners didn't want to pay £12 to launch a boat from the slipway!!

Come on, own up! - its that new high powered MIG set you bought, didnt they warn you about the current draw

-Alan

All the money we spend on Arming our country, we should get Mother Nature on our side and seriously kick ass! But then again... maybe we have already P1SSED on our chips as far as she is concerned...

Wow Glad you are ok Andy, we had the thunderstorms to and we had one very close to our house 2

Phil