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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 01:50 AM
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Anyone else experiencing this?

Thunder woke me up, Thought there was an explosion or something. Well I grabbed my cell cam and started recording. This is what I got.

Wierd *** weather




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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 01:56 AM
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yeah its super loud and it was raining for a little. The thunder seemed really close too.
Old Sep 12, 2009 | 01:59 AM
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You guys should see what the Gulf region in Texas is like. Thunder and Lightning sounds like the End of the World.
Old Sep 12, 2009 | 02:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Subyusmcguy
You guys should see what the Gulf region in Texas is like. Thunder and Lightning sounds like the End of the World.
I was down in Texas actually about 4 years ago. Road tripping back from Georgia to California. We stopped at the eastern border of texas due to it being almost 16 hour straight of driving. Little hotel in the middle of nowhere. Just our car and a bus marked sheriff (a prisoner transportation bus). To make things even worse, there was thunder and lightning the WHOLE night. Every few minutes. It was like a horror movie brought to life. I think you can guess how much sleep I got that night.
Old Sep 12, 2009 | 02:10 AM
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awesome! I've never had any luck taking pictures of lightning
Old Sep 12, 2009 | 02:18 AM
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Yeh, It was all luck, pulled out my cell phone pointed it out the window and then I saw a flash like 2 seconds later out of the corner of my eye. I was pleasantly surprised when I checked my crappy cell phone video.
Old Sep 12, 2009 | 02:50 AM
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smoked a doob on fish ranch area bit ago, tons of lightning, was awesome.

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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 03:02 AM
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 03:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Subyusmcguy
You guys should see what the Gulf region in Texas is like. Thunder and Lightning sounds like the End of the World.
Hey you forgot the golf ball sized hail at times.. So, if you rent a car in Texas, make sure you buy rental car insurance... I didn't at the time so take a wild guess what happened..
Old Sep 12, 2009 | 03:36 AM
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When i lived in utah we had lightning storms daily I enjoyed them lol they were right in front of me touching down.
Old Sep 12, 2009 | 08:59 AM
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Yea woke up to it and just relaxed in bed listening for awhile..
Old Sep 12, 2009 | 09:11 AM
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i was at work all morning and watched it for 6 hours!! pretty awesome pics btw
Old Sep 12, 2009 | 10:29 AM
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awesome! I've never had any luck taking pictures of lightning
me either.

Those are some great shots!
Old Sep 12, 2009 | 11:32 AM
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man it was going down all last night in the easy bay, im in pleasanton.

my parents couldnt sleep lol
Old Sep 12, 2009 | 11:33 AM
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Awesome pictures.

I thought it was demo on the old section of the Bay Bridge. First time I've ever heard thunder in SF.



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