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Lightning storms flicker over Brighton (From The Argus)
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Lightning storms flicker over Brighton
6:25pm Thursday 26th November 2009
People driving home this evening have spotted lightning flickering over Brighton and Hove.
The city could be in for a repeat of last nights thunder, lightning and hail storms.
Sara Brown of Rottingdean woke up this morning to find a lightning bolt had brought her roof down.
The turbulent weather that has plagued the county for the last two weeks looks set to continue over the weekend.
The MET Office are predicting at least three days of heavy rain.
A spokesman said: "There is a moderate risk of severe weather affecting southern England.
"Heavy rain is expected to spread eastwards during Saturday morning.
"This is likely to give 25-30 mm of rain locally, falling on to already saturated ground."
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TheInsider, Brighton says...
7:22pm Thu 26 Nov 09
This is as bad as the story about the man with computers in his batchelor pad.
The Argus is becoming very weird.
tweety72, hove says...
7:46pm Thu 26 Nov 09
Hugh Rinall, Brighton says...
8:08pm Thu 26 Nov 09
Thermo, shoreham says...
9:42pm Thu 26 Nov 09
tweety72 wrote:galileo, galilleo, galileo figero
thunder bolt and lightning very very frightening lol
how long can we keep this going?
so could only drivers in cars see the lightening then?
Bristol VR, Portslade says...
11:44pm Thu 26 Nov 09
Acheron, Hove says...
11:46pm Thu 26 Nov 09
worthinglogic, Worthing says...
1:27am Fri 27 Nov 09
Thermo wrote:Ha but of course! That's almost as amazing as the fact that Sara Brown from Rottingdean managed to sleep through a lightning attack on her own roof!
tweety72 wrote:galileo, galilleo, galileo figero
thunder bolt and lightning very very frightening lol
how long can we keep this going?
so could only drivers in cars see the lightening then?
Old Ladys Gin, Shoreham says...
2:10am Fri 27 Nov 09
We should all stay indoors and only travel if absolutely necessary..
kumquat, London says...
7:42am Fri 27 Nov 09
Glad you spotted that too Worthinglogic, I thought i was imagining it...Never heard of anyone waking up to find their roof had fallen in. She must have been on the strongest sleeping pills known to mankind.
I also liked the "A spokesman said: "There is a moderate risk of severe weather affecting southern England." So British. Never do anything by extremes.
Tye, Pembroke and Brighton says...
7:44am Fri 27 Nov 09
Thermo wrote:would you also complain IF you had suffered dreadful weather and you weren't told.
this is news?
Too many here think only news apertaining to them should be here - do they also believe the sun is in orbit around their egos?
salty_pete, Withdean says...
9:11am Fri 27 Nov 09
OP8, Brighton says...
9:17am Fri 27 Nov 09
dogsdinner, says...
9:23am Fri 27 Nov 09
I like to think I might have noticed.
Andy R, Hove says...
9:27am Fri 27 Nov 09
tinkywinky, Brighton says...
9:33am Fri 27 Nov 09
BN3, Hove says...
9:59am Fri 27 Nov 09
Saffron, Rottingdean says...
12:25pm Fri 27 Nov 09
And to mock the lady who had a fortunate escape is despicable.
Wiggsy, Hove says...
12:53pm Fri 27 Nov 09
RickH, Hove says...
12:58pm Fri 27 Nov 09
Wiggsy wrote:Unprecedented? Really, as in never happened before? The floods in the NW were described as a once in a 1000 years - I'm sure much worse weather has happened before and will again, but hardly draws the 'unprecedented' label ;)
Presumably, those who have commented 'this is news?' have the same attitude to all of the media output which has covered the unprecedented weather being experienced over the last couple of weeks?
Saffron, Rottingdean says...
1:22pm Fri 27 Nov 09
dogsdinner, says...
1:23pm Fri 27 Nov 09
Saffron wrote:No, you're quite right of course. But then we wouldn't be reading about it in an online paper would we. And even if we were, it wouldn't make any difference. Lighten up!
Perhaps if on Thursday morning, after the storm during Wednesday night the cynics on this page had turned up at their local bank to find they were unable to draw money, or to their local supermarket to find it closed, or to their place of work to find electrical equipment including computers were out of action, or were unable to return to sleep because of car alarms going off, they wouldn't have found it so funny. And to mock the lady who had a fortunate escape is despicable.
Saffron, Rottingdean says...
1:35pm Fri 27 Nov 09
Very punny.
Mr Pickwick, Brighton says...
2:26pm Fri 27 Nov 09
Saffron wrote:Ha, ha.
"Lighten up"
Very punny.
Thunderous applause.
Claude Back, Brighton says...
3:05pm Fri 27 Nov 09
Might as well add my pettiness to everyone else's.
worthinglogic, Worthing says...
1:07am Sat 28 Nov 09
Saffron wrote:Come on, stop "raining down" abuse on us. This is a silly story. And in other news today a man in Gloucester fell in a puddle. I like the idea of my a bank being struck by lightning though... Kerching! Hmm, is there any way to stage lightning? Maybe the Theatre Royal has some going spare.
Perhaps if on Thursday morning, after the storm during Wednesday night the cynics on this page had turned up at their local bank to find they were unable to draw money, or to their local supermarket to find it closed, or to their place of work to find electrical equipment including computers were out of action, or were unable to return to sleep because of car alarms going off, they wouldn't have found it so funny.
And to mock the lady who had a fortunate escape is despicable.
greeg, glasgow says...
2:03am Sat 28 Nov 09
Saffron, Rottingdean says...
12:41pm Sat 28 Nov 09
So, it is understandable that some of you would think it was a fuss about nothing. But it was not a silly story for some people. And those of you who mock in ignorance should take a 'rain' or should it be a 'thunder' check.
Old Ladys Gin, Shoreham says...
4:02am Wed 2 Dec 09
No really look listen, it really is just weather, and probably no worse than it has ever been; just that our memories tend to be convenient when we think about the subject.
As my old Mum used to say 'There's no such thing as bad weather, just innapropriate clothing'.
lorj, Brighton says...
3:41pm Wed 2 Dec 09
Old Ladys Gin wrote:Hear hear.
It's global warming, we're all doomed I tell you, doomed! No really look listen, it really is just weather, and probably no worse than it has ever been; just that our memories tend to be convenient when we think about the subject. As my old Mum used to say 'There's no such thing as bad weather, just innapropriate clothing'.
Kevin Long sent us this dramatic picture of a lightning strike over Brighton in the early hours of Thursday morning
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Thermo, shoreham says...
7:13pm Thu 26 Nov 09