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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,995
    edited May 2018
    I knew I should have googled my question :smile:

    Ok, here goes again. Why should you have the windows down ?
    If you have the windows down the lightning could come in and strike you, especially if you have a metal plate inserted somewhere.
    Not to mention that you'll also likely drown.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    stackitsteve said:

    13 thousand lightning strikes hit the UK in 24 hours

    Amazingly none of them hit the same place twice...
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    Thankfully I carry a faraday cage for events such as this
  • Boom
    Boom Posts: 1,679
    I thought the whole car thing was that you had rubber tyres? Ive more than likely missed a shitload of science there though.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    edited May 2018
    AFKABartram said:

    *googles Faraday cage :-)

    No need, let me explain - A Faraday cage or Faraday shield is an enclosure used to block electromagnetic fields. A Faraday shield may be formed by a continuous covering of conductive material or in the case of a Faraday cage, by a mesh of such materials. Faraday cages are named after the English scientist Michael Faraday, who invented them in 1836.[1] - I think that's all correct, but rusty on Faraday cages....
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Thunderstorm didn't happen in the end, but I took this photo of the wedding venue from the opposite side of the river - Chateau de Beynac

    image
  • CafcSCP
    CafcSCP Posts: 1,464
    It’s nuts how Orpington literally got no thunder or rain during Sunday.
    Glorious sunny day just a few spots of rain around 1pm
    Seems other places got hammered.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,623
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    AFKABartram said:

    *googles Faraday cage :-)

    No need, let me explain - A Faraday cage or Faraday shield is an enclosure used to block electromagnetic fields. A Faraday shield may be formed by a continuous covering of conductive material or in the case of a Faraday cage, by a mesh of such materials. Faraday cages are named after the English scientist Michael Faraday, who invented them in 1836.[1] - I think that's all correct, but rusty on Faraday cages....
    Is a rusty Faraday cage better than a normal one?
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    So what’s the deal for today. BBC saying sun all day, accuweather saying lightening thunder storms at lunchtime?

  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    AFKABartram said:

    So what’s the deal for today. BBC saying sun all day, accuweather saying lightening thunder storms at lunchtime?

    Your guess is as good as theirs.
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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    HantsAddick said:

    AFKABartram said:

    So what’s the deal for today. BBC saying sun all day, accuweather saying lightening thunder storms at lunchtime?

    Your guess is as good as theirs.
    Not making it easy planning things to do with the kids :-(
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    AFKABartram said:

    HantsAddick said:

    AFKABartram said:

    So what’s the deal for today. BBC saying sun all day, accuweather saying lightening thunder storms at lunchtime?

    Your guess is as good as theirs.
    Not making it easy planning things to do with the kids :-(
    Take them out Faraday Cage shopping.

    Educational and safe at the same time.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    It looks sunny
  • Hex
    Hex Posts: 1,888
    AFKABartram said:

    So what’s the deal for today. BBC saying sun all day, accuweather saying lightening thunder storms at lunchtime?

    It's the problem with weather apps that give hourly symbols - how do you represent the chance of a thunderstorm at some point today ? Best to read the text version or watch the video .... or just guess ;-)
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    What’s your best interpretation @Hex for SE London out to North Kent today mate?
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    AFKABartram said:

    What’s your best interpretation @Hex for SE London out to North Kent today mate?


    Tonbridge for mini golf or Bedgebury Pinetum for is I think. Waterproofs in the faraday-cage-on-wheels to be safe
  • Hex
    Hex Posts: 1,888
    AFKABartram said:

    What’s your best interpretation @Hex for SE London out to North Kent today mate?

    Probably dry. Just the chance of a storm but with light winds you would get a fair bit of warning unless one forms over you, in which case beware of big clouds that get very dark quickly !
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,085
    https://v.redd.it/gte7sicmlg011
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    Driving into London from Dartford yesterday evening at 9pm there was a massive black cloud full of massive lightning strikes above the horizon, but it seemed to miss London completely
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,995
    Covered End said:

    I knew I should have googled my question :smile:

    Ok, here goes again. Why should you have the windows down ?
    If you have the windows down the lightning could come in and strike you, especially if you have a metal plate inserted somewhere.
    Not to mention that you'll also likely drown.

    Deary me, I was joking but tragically a man in his 80s has died after his vehicle became submerged in floodwater in Walsall, West Midlands.

    https://news.sky.com/story/hottest-day-of-the-year-possible-despite-red-flood-warnings-11387926
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  • Hex
    Hex Posts: 1,888
    A shower grew from nothing at 1:15pm to a storm 30mins later over Brighton. It is moving westwards with approx 5 lightning flashes per minute.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,995
    paulbaconsarnie said:

    Returning from holiday today and due to land at 8:30.
    Anyone know what’s Greek for Imodium?
    image

    Pbs, did you get home ?
  • _nam11
    _nam11 Posts: 1,231
    Can hear a storm brewing in Bromley...
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,995
    _nam11 said:

    Can hear a storm brewing in Bromley...

    So can I.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    Cheers @Hex
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    Thunder here in Westcombe Park, starting to rain.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    edited May 2018
    After the thunder rumbled for half and hour in Golders Green, it then chucked it down. It still looks quite bright outside though!
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,673
    Thunder balls of lightning
    Very very frightening
    Me
  • Hex
    Hex Posts: 1,888
    This storm has wandered across London in a WSW direction and is currently over LHR with another bit over NW London. Its gone quite dark here in NW Kent but so far there are no rain echoes. Temperature is 23C.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    Thunder here in Westcombe Park, starting to rain. Lots of blue sky.

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