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I really like wild weather photos, so when a friend of mine sent me these great pics of "weather", I thought I would share them. He did not say who took them. If any of you have weather photos, I would love to see them.
I took the last one from my balcony.
When people up here in CT talk about severe weather, I tell them that they have no idea. Some of those photos look like they've made the acquaintance of photoshop along the way, but severe weather has a way of making even the real look surrealistic.
I love all those super cell storms, especially the one that has the funnel cloud. I've seen some fantastic storms such as these that made phenominal tornadoes. It's truly awe inspiring. Lauderdale- did the storm in the photo you took make a waterspout? It looks like there is some rotation activity on the water just below the storm.
the past week here in minnesota its been pretty crazy. for two nights in a row, at about midnight, massive thunderheads moved through with lightning hitting the ground every 10 to 15 seconds in a 5 mile radius. my local fairground was closed the next morning from lightning damage. normally i like to chill outside during these things but it was way too dangerous... plus my eyes were starting to hurt.
Here are some pics I took during the approch of Hurricane Ophelia a few years ago. She was an extremely slow hurricane. It took days to hit land. The the hurricane lasted a day and a half.
I took the next two pics about 5 minutes apart. I took the first one because of the color of the sky. Little did I know at the time that it was about to get even stranger.
If you would like to see the pics during and after the storm I'll have to look it up and post a link.
The storm I took the photo of never did produce a waterspout Philcula. It was about ninty degrees when I took the pic but the temp dropped at least twenty degrees as the storm moved ashore and the wind "rearranged" my patio furniture.
This is not near as wild pic as vft guy in SJ (classic by the way man ), but it is a pic of a storm. Nothing like a field of soybeans in your backyard huh?
I wish I could have taken pictures of the storm Erin yesterday but I was asleep. (I,m a night person lol) It didn't rain as much as I thought. It didn't even leave puddles in my yard!
I love weather stuff! Especially storms and tornados. Those are some awsome photos.
Last nite was wild here. Storms moved in about 7:30. At first it just got dark and nothing was happening. Then the wind started! Stuff was flying through the air. Pecans were hitting the deck like bullets. Storms waxed and waned for the next 7 hours. There were flash flood warnings. Some lightning strikes were CLOSE! Very loud! It was quite the light show outside. Every time there was a really loud, close bang, Ollie would jump up and bark. lol Even when it sounded like it was all over...and I was starting to drift off to sleep...there would be close strikes that would wake me up and make Ollie growl.
Earlier in the evening after the first storm and after the NASC meeting, I was on the computer typing "I'd better get off the computer before I am blown off"...and ZAP! Power blinked on and off and I was booted. Luckily I never lost power totally although my TV and phone kept cutting on and off (which was odd since other stuff didn't).
Best thing is...we got RAIN!!! We needed it sooooooooo badly. My bogs are full...my water buckets are full...I've got free water at last!
Obviously you should risk your life and everything you care for to get a few photos for us. Make sure you post them before the power fails in case you don't survive the storm. Good luck!
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