What do YOU do during a T-Storm? (1 Viewer)

[captain_amazing]

Stay away from windows? Unplug all electronics? Fly a kite?

 

[Zow]

Do my normal activities save the things that would cause me to be outside for an extended period?

 

[Bucky86]

HOLY ####!

 

[mr roboto]

Ceremonial nude rain dance.

 

[AAABatteries]

I love storms - would sit in a rocking chair just watching if I had a rocking chair or a front porch to put it on.

 

[ChiefD]

Stand in my garage, drink a beer, and watch.

 

[rick6668]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9PnNW56bp0

 

[dozer]

Sleep like a baby if its night time.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Do my normal activities save the things that would cause me to be outside for an extended period?

 

[Jayrod]

Smash a hole in the sewer pipe so I could escape.

 

[MAC_32]

Stand in my garage, drink a beer, and watch.

this, with the kids in the basement.

 

[spreagle]

Act like absolutely nothing is happening no matter how close the lightning hits. The reason is because dogs watch me to decide whether or not to freak out during a thunderstorm. If you do anything in response to loud thunder, the penalty is ten years of listening to dog panting or whining or trying to dig itself a nest in the closet to hide every time a storm rolls through.

 

[Koya]

I love storms - would sit in a rocking chair just watching if I had a rocking chair or a front porch to put it on.

Nothing better than a sick ### lightening storm rolling in at the beach. I've seen a few boats get hit. Cool ####.

 

[Cjw_55106]

Plant a metal pole in a yard three houses down from me.

 

[Dan Gladden's Mustache]

I go outside and hold up a 1-iron.

 

[3C's]

I pant or whine or try to dig myself a nest in the closet to hide every time a storm rolls through.

 

[Frostillicus]

Hookers

 

[Gopher State]

go outside and collect hail stones to show my insurance adjuster

 

[Christo]

Tickle the pickle.

 

[Christo]

I go outside and hold up a 1-iron.

Even god can't hit a 1-iron.

 

[snogger]

I love storms - would sit in a rocking chair just watching if I had a rocking chair or a front porch to put it on.

wife & I sit on our porch when the wind isn't blowing the rain onto it and sit back and enjoy it.

 

[BigJohn]

I go outside and hold up a 1-iron.

Protect yourself dammit!!! 3 wood is preferable.

 

[Wrigley]

Get inside

 

[Osaurus]

Sleep like a baby if its night time.

 

[jamny]

I love a good thunderstorm!

 

[Dan Gladden's Mustache]

I go outside and hold up a 1-iron.

Even god can't hit a 1-iron.

 

[McGarnicle]

Masturbate furiously.

 

[Parrothead]

play through, since the heavy stuff won't be coming for quite a while

 

[glock]

This past Friday I was 1/2 hour into what would turn out to be a 5 3/4 hour descent from the summit of Baxter Peak on Mt. Katahdin in ME when all hell broke loose. Temps plunged into the low 50's and thunderheads rolled across the mountain buffeting us with high winds and heavy rain. And thunder. And lightening. And we were still above the tree line on what is called "The Table." Out in the open with nowhere to hide.



Per Mount Washington's web site:

Outdoors can be a very dangerous place to be during a lightning storm. If you can get indoors, do so. If you can't - say, if you are hiking and are miles from a protecting structure or vehicle - try to minimize your exposure. NO place outdoors is safe - the following tips from the National Weather Service can make your exposure only a little less dangerous:

• Do NOT seek shelter under tall isolated trees. The tree may help you stay dry but will significantly increase your risk of being struck by lightning. Rain will not kill you, but the lightning can!
• Do NOT seek shelter under partially enclosed buildings
• Stay away from tall, isolated objects. Lightning typically strikes the tallest object. That may be you in an open field or clearing.
• Know the weather patterns of the area. For example, in mountainous areas, thunderstorms typically develop in the early afternoon, so plan to hike early in the day and be down the mountain by noon.
• Know the weather forecast. If there is a high chance of thunderstorms, curtail your outdoor activities.
• Do not place your campsite in an open field on the top of a hill or on a ridge top. Keep your site away from tall isolated trees or other tall objects. If you are in a forest, stay near a lower stand of trees. If you are camping in an open area, set up camp in a valley, ravine, or other low area. A tent offers NO protection from lighting.
• Wet ropes can make excellent conductors. This is BAD news when it comes to lightning activity. If you are mountain climbing and see lightning, and can do so safely, remove unnecessary ropes extended or attached to you. If a rope is extended across a mountain face and lightning makes contact with it, the electrical current will likely travel along the rope, especially if it is wet.

If lightning is in the immediate area, and there is no safe location nearby, stay a little apart from other members of your group so the lightning won't travel between you if hit. Keep your feet together and sit on the ground out in the open. If you can possible run to a vehicle or building, DO so. It is much safer than sitting on the ground.

Others might suggest that a "crouch" position, low down with feet close together, is marginally less hazardous. And while thunderstorms in the afternoon do occur within some weather patterns, thunderstorms can occur at any time of day.

Remarkably, no one has died from a lightning strike on Mount Washington - yet. However, there have been close calls on Mount Washington and on Mount Chocorua; in the White Mountains, the Franconia Ridge has seen a lightning fatality, and elsewhere in New England, Maine's Katahdin has claimed at least one life through lightning. Given the number of visitors to Mount Washington, and the fact that thunderstorms - some brief, some lasting hours - occur with some regularity, personal vigilance is required to maintain safety. Checking the forecast before a hiking trip - especially to the above-treeline regions - should be a given. When thunderstorms significantly threaten, staying below treeline should be the standard practice. But don't rely on the forecast alone - keep attuned to the weather that is occurring around you, and to clouds building on the horizon. Head down below treeline at the first sign of an approaching thunderstorm.

In our case we spent the next 1/2 hour alternating between crouching positions and almost racing to the boulder line that would provide some cover. Probably not so smart, but no one wanted to crouch in the open through what amounted to a couple hours of wind and rain. Oh- and did I mention lightning?

When the storm finally passed we had to deal with rain slicked boulders which made for an interesting trip down. And the trails that lead up had turned into streams...

At least the sun came back out.

 

[Guest]

I love thunderstorms. I agree with the "watch on the porch", and "sleep like a baby" groups.

Some of my most memorable times camping have been when thunderstorms rolled through.

 

[moleculo]

when it rains, I pour.

 

[snogger]

I love thunderstorms. I agree with the "watch on the porch", and "sleep like a baby" groups.

Some of my most memorable times camping have been when thunderstorms rolled through.

Our porch faces south and with such a wide open view we see it all

When there is a heavy rain moving in you can watch the view "disappear".. First the distant tree line, then one by one the houses in the neighborhood vanish from the view.

 

[TheIronSheik]

I'm not really all that in to weather.

 

[Treynwreck3]

We had the best lightning show in years the other night. At times it looked like the whole sky was covered in streaks. Love thunderstorms.