Last nights lightning storm
#1
Last nights lightning storm
AMAZING, thats what it was,
I got back at 3am and stayed outside for about 30 mins watching it, no gaps between flashes, just kept going, it was brilliant,
But how come there was no thunder?
I got back at 3am and stayed outside for about 30 mins watching it, no gaps between flashes, just kept going, it was brilliant,
But how come there was no thunder?
#2
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I'm pretty sure I heard thunder, but with quite a delay - would explain it if it were hitting the burj... we're 25km away. Although I wasn't up at 3am...
Nice pics, btw.
Nice pics, btw.
#3
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Great pics..send some to the BBC..they'll put it on their website !
#4
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There was even 2 minutes of hail on Diyafah road before the rain...
#5
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I was at Dubai Marina...didn't get any rain...but there was strong winds, which blew open my balcony door, which was slightly ajar. Gave me a fright while I was watching War & Peace Part III on TV
#6
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it was hailing on the east side of SZR as well yesterday, at one point i thought someone was throwing something at the windows.
My friend didn't have a pool outside the front of her house until last night... too bad it smelt like poo
My friend didn't have a pool outside the front of her house until last night... too bad it smelt like poo
#7
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At 0655 I went through the Ghantoot area..... The rain/hail was incredible. It was like the retreat from Moscow! Hail stones the size of golf balls. For a 10 km stretch it looked like a war zone, cars with smashed windows, two 5 car pile ups and about 6 minor bumps. The leaves have been shredded form the central reservation trees for a couple of kms. And then back to swirling dust storms.... A colleague who was 10 mins ahead of me now has a car that is going to need a lot of bodywork. It looks like someone has been going over it with a hammer, giving it the 'dimpled look' - he is not too impressed!
A colleague has just shown me his Prado with smashed windscreen, and another his Audi A8 with smashed rear screen - car park looks like survivors from a demolition derby!
A colleague has just shown me his Prado with smashed windscreen, and another his Audi A8 with smashed rear screen - car park looks like survivors from a demolition derby!
#9
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At 0655 I went through the Ghantoot area..... The rain/hail was incredible. It was like the retreat from Moscow! Hail stones the size of golf balls. For a 10 km stretch it looked like a war zone, cars with smashed windows, two 5 car pile ups and about 6 minor bumps. The leaves have been shredded form the central reservation trees for a couple of kms. And then back to swirling dust storms.... A colleague who was 10 mins ahead of me now has a car that is going to need a lot of bodywork. It looks like someone has been going over it with a hammer, giving it the 'dimpled look' - he is not too impressed!
A colleague has just shown me his Prado with smashed windscreen, and another his Audi A8 with smashed rear screen - car park looks like survivors from a demolition derby!
A colleague has just shown me his Prado with smashed windscreen, and another his Audi A8 with smashed rear screen - car park looks like survivors from a demolition derby!
They sent some indian dude up, no cherry picker, harness, nowt - climbs up and his mate passes the chainsaw and off he goes getting rid of the dangerous branches,
awesome.
#10
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At 0655 I went through the Ghantoot area..... The rain/hail was incredible. It was like the retreat from Moscow! Hail stones the size of golf balls. For a 10 km stretch it looked like a war zone, cars with smashed windows, two 5 car pile ups and about 6 minor bumps. The leaves have been shredded form the central reservation trees for a couple of kms. And then back to swirling dust storms.... A colleague who was 10 mins ahead of me now has a car that is going to need a lot of bodywork. It looks like someone has been going over it with a hammer, giving it the 'dimpled look' - he is not too impressed!
A colleague has just shown me his Prado with smashed windscreen, and another his Audi A8 with smashed rear screen - car park looks like survivors from a demolition derby!
A colleague has just shown me his Prado with smashed windscreen, and another his Audi A8 with smashed rear screen - car park looks like survivors from a demolition derby!
#11
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The rain was horizontal at around 9.00pm last night. Looked like a monsoon blowing through and roads were flooded after 10 minutes.
Loved the lightening storm.
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Loved the lightening storm.
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#12
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There was rain - all the people sitting outside at Burger House at JBR (where I was "enjoying" dinner) had to run inside...
#15
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Aye, its mair Doric than Scots.. As in, mechty, yon door banging in the wie fair gied me a fleg....