About the Weather

[rayge]

Meteorology has long been one of my lesser nerd fixations. Never heard of this phenomenon before.

And here's the photo in case the Twitter link does not work

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A few years ago we had a blast of thundersnow, there was a flash of light that went straight through the windows and an almighty roar. I was absolutely certain that it was a plane crash or the bomb had gone up.

[Markus]

There was a show on the telly over here asking tongue in cheek why we're obsessed with the weather. The basic conclusion was that throughout our history we were always farmers and knowing the weather was important. So much so it stuck in our national psyche until today.

[quix]

Jul 2, 2022 9:19:24 GMT rayge said:

Meteorology has long been one of my lesser nerd fixations. Never heard of this phenomenon before.

And here's the photo in case the Twitter link does not work

Oh I really want one of those!!!

I’d like some ball lightening one day too 😀

I did get some really funny cloud stuff while I was driving along one day that was so unusual, it made me feel slightly afraid and by the time I got home it was all over the local news. It looked like bubble tea and was called something like arsentit.

[souphound]

That looks awesome indeed. Nature has a way to smack us in the head sometimes huh? When you least expect it, well...., expect it I guess.

One phenomenon that has always struck my fancy is the northern lights. I have never been so lucky as to see them properly - just a faint hint here and there on a couple of occasions sadly. Even if I live in Canada where one might expect this to be more run-of -the-mill, I, like most Canadians live much too far south (about 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the southern border) and in a densely populated urban environment which means better luck next time unfortunately.

[Half Machine Lipschitz]

Jul 2, 2022 17:13:38 GMT quix said:

I’d like some ball lightning one day too 😀

Trust me, you really don’t.

[quix]

Jul 2, 2022 18:57:56 GMT Half Machine Lipschitz said:

Jul 2, 2022 17:13:38 GMT quix said:

I’d like some ball lightning one day too 😀

Trust me, you really don’t.

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