Thunder & Ligtning

[rugby bloke]

Judging by the latest weather forecast any one out on their bike in the South East of England will have an opportunity to find out later today ....

 

[raleighnut]

FWIW if you really are caught out in the open the best advice is to stay out of caves and depressions in the ground because lightning will track along wet ground and may go through you on the way. Trees obviously; I've seen an oak tree that was struck and the lightning boiled the sap and blew the bark off leaving a naked tree. If you crouch down on the ground, try to have only your feet actually on the ground as lightning could also track along, up your arms and down your legs. Don't throw away your bike or ice axe, they make no difference.

My sister got struck in a tent in the bottom of a valley in Andorra; the lightning (or a small branch of it) came down one tent pole, jumped through the frame of a camp bed on which her BF's child was lying, through a big tin of Brillo pads, which were fused into one smoking mass, and then into the other tent pole and to Earth.

 

[vickster]

Don't put your feet down but just in case wear wellies? Or sod it, and go to the nearest Costa/pub/private shop depending on your preference?

Thunder and not too heavy rain here now in Epsom

 

[rugby bloke]

Thunder, lightning and stair rods in Central London now ... Hoping it has eased come Boris Bike time ...

 

[Globalti]

Send it this way please; I'm sitting by a wide open office window sweating like a horse.

 

[RedRider]

Hmm, weather just broke betwixt home visit and office, thunder cracking. No coat, I've stopped for a coffee break. I'll let you know if I survive the rest of the journey.

 

[cycle_bug]

So far not much reassurance for it!

Just as I was working with the radio on here .. Radio: "a man walking with his son in Lisburn, Northern Ireland was struck by lightening in the past hour. His condition is critical"

Dammit, I seriously consider car-free and this lightning thing has got me thanking God I'm driving home in my car today.. :-/

 

[Tim Hall]

So far not much reassurance for it!

Just as I was working with the radio on here .. Radio: "a man walking with his son in Lisburn, Northern Ireland was struck by lightening in the past hour. His condition is critical"

Dammit, I seriously consider car-free and this lightning thing has got me thanking God I'm driving home in my car today.. :-/

From Torro (TORnado and storm Research Organisation)

Analyses of lightning fatalities over the past 25 years in the UK shows that, on average, two people are killed by lightning each year and around 30 people injured. Prompt resuscitation of people who have suffered cardiopulmonary arrest due the electric shock of a lightning strike has, on average, prevented another death each year.

And RoSPA says

30-60 people are struck by lightning each year in Britain, and on average, 3 (5-10%) of these strikes are fatal.

 

[cycle_bug]

From Torro (TORnado and storm Research Organisation)


And RoSPA says

Feeling a little more balanced on the matter now!

 

[classic33]

Feeling a little more balanced on the matter now!

Don't forget "Lightning Roy" either. Struck seven times and survived each time.

 

[RedRider]

Hmm, weather just broke betwixt home visit and office, thunder cracking. No coat, I've stopped for a coffee break. I'll let you know if I survive the rest of the journey.

I'm alive!

 

[Gravity Aided]

Don't forget "Lightning Roy" either. Struck seven times and survived each time.

The noted conductor...

I'll get my coat.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Don't put your feet down but just in case wear wellies? Or sod it, and go to the nearest Costa/pub/private shop depending on your preference?

Thunder and not too heavy rain here now in Epsom

Indoors, away from wiring, phones, and plumbing.

 

[fossyant]

Sunny here.

 

[psmiffy]

I think we have some thunderstorm action

1800hrs

Left = great big thunderstorm rain blob - right = Lightening strikes in the last three hours

however looking out the window apart from being a bit dark nothing going on