Submitted by ITMORON t3_12468qv in rva

The room lit up with light briefly, and soon thereafter the thunder caused the dogs to become nervous.

Stay dry and safe!

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LeicesterHoult t1_jdxxngn wrote

My wife saw the flash walking outside as well, I stepped outside and heard 4 or 5 booms. I love listening to thunder...that didn't sound like thunder.

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honey-pb t1_jdxycsl wrote

That was crazy. One big flash and then a massive rumble. I haven't heard anything since.

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Horror-Fisherman-575 t1_jdxz2w0 wrote

My first thought was - Trains? Lol. But yeah, thunderstorm! I like them, as long as I’m inside!

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navpilotfav t1_jdy8ygu wrote

The big rumble caught me off guard! I even went outside to see what all the hubub was about.

I love thunderstorms. At least I'll have more luck wishing for one of those than I would a good snow anymore.

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DeannaZone t1_jdxyrki wrote

My husband called out "what was that?" I called out" was that thunder?" and it just kept going and going ... it finally stopped.It rained a little, we have heard 2 small rumbles and husband has seen one flash.I had just hopped off of weather dot com so I could plan my week and I saw the little green snot bubble just south of me and said Ah, so rain right now, I will hold off until tomorrow. Went upstairs to finish up nighttime routine with our son and the thunder just suddenly came out of no where.
Now we are just downstairs until bedtime, just in case we need to get to shelter.
Husband is chill, I on the other hand, living here since '94 I do not trust March or April with weather lol

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wagonboss t1_jdy1dvu wrote

I love this thread so much. I was putting our toddler down and heard it the first time. Doing what I do for a living, rumbles are…. unsettling, lol. I looked outside and there was literally nothing happening, and I got confused. Then we got a free power washing

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drycounty t1_jdy6g3p wrote

We were both putting our own toddler down and were THIS close and then BAM.

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wagonboss t1_jdy6qqm wrote

We had just been out, walked the dog. It was sunny, etc. I didn’t even think about thunder. Wildly sneaky storm

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andrewsucks t1_jdy04vd wrote

Wild amount of lightning for such a small storm.

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BallsMcFondleson t1_jdxyrsb wrote

Got the kid to sleep finally, then BOOM. Thought it was the big one...

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gracetw22 t1_jdy5l1d wrote

I was kind of prepared to meet the end times for a split second.

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Captian420 t1_jdy0z29 wrote

Was going to go for a walk to clear my head some but that plan got nixed so I guess I’ll do the dishes?

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gracetw22 t1_jdy5r1d wrote

There was some talk about a deranged fugitive running through dorset woods which isn’t too far from me, so I initially thought maybe that had escalated in some capacity. It feels like the wrong everything for thunder!

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slacksocialite t1_jdy8jvn wrote

Uhhhh…wut.

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gracetw22 t1_jdybym4 wrote

Have to check next door to see what the peeps of that part of town are up to, I try not to open the email links

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mewisme700 t1_jdytdaz wrote

Man I'm jealous, didn't get anything here in Midlo.

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SquidFlowerN t1_jdyfyqr wrote

That wasn't God laughing at my jokes? Damn. I need a change.

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breakup_letter t1_jdy6x8h wrote

Does thunder not happen here often? I’ve only been here 6 months and that’s the first thunder I’ve heard.

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LeicesterHoult t1_jdy8lhj wrote

The past 5-6 months are not the most active months for severe storms. It's coming!

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breakup_letter t1_jdyamlp wrote

Ahhh I love it. I miss thunderstorms.

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PhoenixAshies t1_jdzjqt5 wrote

I've got no problem with storms, they're quite refreshing.

"Severe" storms, I don't mess with those.

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Mmeeggggss t1_jdy86tz wrote

I haven’t been here much longer than you but we had some great summer thunderstorms in my opinion. Not sure how the frequency varied from any other year though.

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DeannaZone t1_je0stfx wrote

My poor husband when he moved here sometime early '00s experienced the hectic storms we had that year in like '04 where the summer was non stop gully washers and you had like 30 lightning strikes in the span of less than a half an hour.
It has been over two decades, he loves storms, he would rather not have to deal with that.
I just do not want to deal with another Derecho that was scary for me.

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