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This thread does more to dissuade people from moving to the Triangle (or anywhere in NC) than any amount of "Don't move here without a job" admonitions.
Tornadoes are scarier than cockroaches and poisonous snakes to Yankees!
And imagine, we survived the weekend intact.
Most of us.
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Originally Posted by Charlton Dude
Keep an eye to the sky folks. Rough weather headed to the Triangle.
I love thunderstorms, but it just may be that I've grown up with them all my life. Just heed warnings and you'll be fine.
What warning would that be? When I was kid in Arizona, about age 6 we were visting some of my parents friends. Sitting on the coach was the grandmother of the family. A lightening strike came in through the roof, struck the old lady dead on, killed her instantly. I saw the whole thing.
I know it usually stirkes the highest conducting object, and staying indoors away from windows is a good idea. Unplugging stuff is nice too, but when that damn volt packing all that juice decides it wants to take you out, there aint much you can do to stop it. Wrong place at the wrong time and fate, is really what it comes down to. So go ahead, enjoy them storms all you like. I'll still crawl under my rock and hope for the best.
When we had those huge storms last fall, my neighbor sat out on his front porch drinking a beer and enjoyed the show. He tree in his front yard got hit spliting a large branch. He said he will stay inside during the next storm as it scared the crap out of him.
I keep an eye on the sky and radar. If you can find yourself on a map you should be able to follow the storm on the radar.
Some things are flukes though, but those are more the exception than the rule. You usually have more accidents from people swimming during storms, hiding under trees during storms, or trying to drive over a flooded road than you would a freak lightning bolt.
During the next lightning storm or tornado watch/warning, I will hand out a printout of CarolinaCowboy's post below when I'm made fun of for hunkering down in the downstairs, center of the house, on the floor, away from doors and windows, with blankets, pillows, and three shaking dogs pressed up against me. (The dogs are no dummies.) I'd heard similar stories of a co-worker who had a lightning bolt hit the wall above her crib when she was an infant.
I once was standing next to someone (at a small company here in Raleigh) who was on the phone when lightning struck the line, and the current went through the phone and shocked her. Literally and figuratively. That was enough for me.
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Originally Posted by CarolinaCowboy
What warning would that be? When I was kid in Arizona, about age 6 we were visting some of my parents friends. Sitting on the coach was the grandmother of the family. A lightening strike came in through the roof, struck the old lady dead on, killed her instantly. I saw the whole thing.
I know it usually stirkes the highest conducting object, and staying indoors away from windows is a good idea. Unplugging stuff is nice too, but when that damn volt packing all that juice decides it wants to take you out, there aint much you can do to stop it. Wrong place at the wrong time and fate, is really what it comes down to. So go ahead, enjoy them storms all you like. I'll still crawl under my rock and hope for the best.
When we had those huge storms last fall, my neighbor sat out on his front porch drinking a beer and enjoyed the show. He tree in his front yard got hit spliting a large branch. He said he will stay inside during the next storm as it scared the crap out of him.
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Verry Skeery
