Thunderstorms/natural disasters

[Big Dan]

Hi

I love a good storm and seeing the effects that mother nature dishes out.

I'm not saying that i want to see ppl die in natural disasters but more the way she has a habit of humbling us and making us realise that we are only but a mere spec on this earth

i'd like to get ppls views and thoughts

[Maha]

Damn its hosing down here right now....yeah I love that shit too, not the power cuts though...:weep:

[Meanie]

Hi

I love a good storm and seeing the effects that mother nature dishes out.

I'm not saying that i want to see ppl die in natural disasters but more the way she has a habit of humbling us and making us realise that we are only but a mere spec on this earth

i'd like to get ppls views and thoughts

Love a good thunder storm with plenty of lightening and thunder, especialy at night.
Nothing like curling up under your blankies on a dark dismal night when its realy persisting down.
Oh, and natural disasters are good for my business as well as the economy

[Big Dan]

Damn its hosing down here right now....yeah I love that shit too, not the power cuts though...:weep:

yeah i haven't seen a good storm for a couple of years bring on the thunder

[Big Dan]

funny thing was when i was knee high to a grass hopper i use to get scared of this and run out of my bedroom screaming "mummy"

[Swoop]

Absolutely love them. It is just Mother Nature letting the planet know who's the boss.:Punk:

[Big Dan]

Absolutely love them. It is just Mother Nature letting the planet know who's the boss.:Punk:

very true i'd love to go to tornado ally sometime

[Meanie]

Absolutely love them. It is just Mother Nature letting the planet know who's the boss.:Punk:

Aint that the truth, and theres no argueing with her either

[Big Dan]

are there any stories out there of the worse storm you've ever been in

[Skyryder]

Use to have access to a batch just south of the Fox river. Thunder storms and lightening were frightening. But spectacular at night.


Skyryder

[Meanie]

are there any stories out there of the worse storm you've ever been in

Rode my brothers TX 750 in Hurricane Alice when i was about 17, he rekons the bike was on a 45 degree lean along the straights. All I can remember was how much fun i was having.

[Big Dan]

Rode my brothers TX 750 in Hurricane Alice when i was about 17, he rekons the bike was on a 45 degree lean along the straights. All I can remember was how much fun i was having.

thats extreme dude

[Bren]

A few years ago I spent a month around Austin Tx, That was a fantastic place. I loved it. I was there from late July to late August and the days were so friggin hot. I think there was only one or two days where the mercury was under 100 in the daytime.
Anyway I was staying in an area called Four Points just out of Cedar Park. This place looks over Lake Travis and then over towards Austin City. One evening I was there there was a fantastic storm, or more to the point storms. There were about four storms that evening all with huge thunder clouds towering into the sky. They were all going off and slowly merged with each other to become the biggest baddest meanest thunder storm I had ever seen. Sheet lightning was flying all over the sky with fork lightning heading to Terra Firma.
I tell ya, normally thunder storms dont frighten me but this meanarsed one scared the fecal matter outta me...
...Another day was driving to the Home Depot in Cedar Park when it really started bucketing down. I was stopped at a set of lights and there was a flash to my left. A Thunderbolt had ripped into an oak tree about 50 yards away. Ya could smell the electricity and feel it tingling about. My hairs were all on end and there was a weird electrical smell. I have never been so close to one....

Anyway our storms in NZ are lame compared to some areas....

[chanceyy]

A few years ago I spent a month around Austin Tx, That was a fantastic place. I loved it. I was there from late July to late August and the days were so friggin hot. I think there was only one or two days where the mercury was under 100 in the daytime.
Anyway I was staying in an area called Four Points just out of Cedar Park. This place looks over Lake Travis and then over towards Austin City. One evening I was there there was a fantastic storm, or more to the point storms. There were about four storms that evening all with huge thunder clouds towering into the sky. They were all going off and slowly merged with each other to become the biggest baddest meanest thunder storm I had ever seen. Sheet lightning was flying all over the sky with fork lightning heading to Terra Firma.
I tell ya, normally thunder storms dont frighten me but this meanarsed one scared the fecal matter outta me...
...Another day was driving to the Home Depot in Cedar Park when it really started bucketing down. I was stopped at a set of lights and there was a flash to my left. A Thunderbolt had ripped into an oak tree about 50 yards away. Ya could smell the electricity and feel it tingling about. My hairs were all on end and there was a weird electrical smell. I have never been so close to one....

Anyway our storms in NZ are lame compared to some areas....


+1 but I was in the deep dark south of America & yeah their storms are way beyond anything I have ever seen in NZ ..

[Hitcher]

There is no such thing as a "natural disaster" unless it involves people. Isn't that arrogant of us?

[Swoop]

very true i'd love to go to tornado ally sometime
Hmm, tornado alley? Nah, not my thing.
I spent time in Arizona, and they have INDUSTRIAL sized thunder and lightning there due to the dry climate. Truly amazing!!!:rockon::yes:

[Dilligaf]

I don't know how many of you would actually really like to be in a large storm.
Have a look especially at the last attachment and tell me if you'd like that to be your house?
Photos are some of what is from our family albums after Cyclone Tracy Darwin 1974.

Number 1 - general destruction around Darwin
Number 2 Naval HQ before Tracy
Number 3 - After
Number 4 - destruction of house close up (no not ours).

[Disco Dan]

Love a good thunderstorm - you know I actually have a tape recording of a thunderstorm thats looped over about three hours - helps me sleep!

[Mikkel]

I would love to have been able to find that video about avalanche clearing on the Milford Sound road - but it doesn't seem to be on Youtube.

While rather local phenomena, they are rather spectacular IMHO. Must be cool being the guy to throw the dynamite bag out of the helicopter :yes:

Otherwise pyroclastic clouds are rather nasty as well. Pompei and Martinique being a couple of the most well known examples.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciEUtv9HiIM&feature=related

[avgas]

nah not a big thunderstorm fan, last few tropical cyclones i ridden through have left me drained. The little RG was a trooper when i came to them. You have no time to slow down, no time to turn back. Dangerous.
You have to keep your wits about you as it can turn all bad and you wont be found until the storm has gone - quite often 1-2 days later.
But then again if i was a nana and stayed at home like the rest of you i suppose a storm would be quite amusing....hehe