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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Wow that was an impressive thunderstorm :o  It got so dark my oldest boy asked if it was time for bed. We had a heavy downpour yesterday but this was on another level. Absolutely wild. Sadly it's flattened everything in the garden so I'm waiting to see what bounces back now. It cleared through to bright sunshine and crystal clear sky and the bees and moths were already flying about so they obviously knew how to head for cover.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    wild edges said:
    Wow that was an impressive thunderstorm :o  It got so dark my oldest boy asked if it was time for bed. …
    Did you say yes? 😉 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I wish I had :|  Weekends can be hard work but the summer holidays will be here soon :#
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    edited July 2023
    Isn’t it strange that we are directly below @wild edges and it’s been very hot and sunny all day here. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    No snow drifts down your way then @Lyn ? :#  I suppose it's technically hail but there's patches like this all up through the woods this evening.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Wow!   Can’t believe the difference those miles made. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    There is also a fairly substantial area of water between the two areas.  That can have a major effect on weather.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    I think the storm clipped us - we had a very abrupt, heavy downpour, but no thunder here. My arms are stinging from spending an hour pulling out nettles that are smothering my crocosmia 'lucifer'. Can you still buy calamine lotion?
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Have you got aloe vera gel?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    @raisingirl, yes you can but why on earth weren't you wearing gloves!
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
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