What do you think of thunderstorms? - Democratic Underground

mvd

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Fri Jun-02-06 04:10 PM
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Poll question: What do you think of thunderstorms?

We had bad ones yesterday, and it inspired this poll. I am mostly annoyed by them, and only scared when there's a tornado threat.

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Bossy Monkey

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Fri Jun-02-06 04:20 PM
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1. Crazy mad love them unless they're strong enough to put people

in serious danger. Here they're normally intense but fast-moving and brief. Traditionally, throughout the South, there was a 4 pm cloudburst every afternoon. I often wonder where global warming has moved our weather to.

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mvd

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Fri Jun-02-06 04:26 PM
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5. I fear there will be stronger thunderstorms

Edited on Fri Jun-02-06 04:26 PM by mvd

Seems to fit in with the rest. We don't get many tornadoes here, but it seems the mid-Atlantic gets more than it used to.

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Nikia

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Fri Jun-02-06 04:21 PM
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2. I actually know someone who got killed by lightening

So I worry when I am outside for any reason and it is thunderstorming. Sometimes thunderstorms bring tornados which are really scary. Sometimes they bring hail, which can damage stuff.

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Ariana Celeste

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Fri Jun-02-06 04:23 PM
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3. I love them

I get worried when I hear the tornado siren, but I don't get quite as scared as I used to.

I love to sit on the porch and watch an intense thunderstorm coming my way, until it starts raining too hard. Then I move inside and sit in front of the sliding glass door, with the lights off in my apt.

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LSK

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Fri Jun-02-06 04:24 PM
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4. they are ok as long as no tornados come with them

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Fri Jun-02-06 04:27 PM
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6. I respect them.

They are things of great beauty and power. Not to be fucked with.

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mvd

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Fri Jun-02-06 04:28 PM
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7. They surely are that

I just like a calm rain, though, when we get rain.

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khashka

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Fri Jun-02-06 04:32 PM
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8. I LOVE them

I always go out in them and just stand and watch.

The wind and rain in my face, the thunder that sounds like the wrath of god, lightning so beautiful it makes your heart ache. It's thrilling!

We get some good ones here in Texas.

Khash.

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LostInAnomie

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Fri Jun-02-06 04:33 PM
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9. I love 'em.

My dogs hate them.

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mvd

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Fri Jun-02-06 04:48 PM
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12. My dog Reba used to be indifferent, until..

there was a tornado warning where we all got excited and went into the basement. Ever since then, she gets afraid, and likes going to the basement during the big ones.

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Rabrrrrrr

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Fri Jun-02-06 04:34 PM
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10. Other: fucking LOVE them!

I LOVE thunderstorms!

They can never be thundery or stormy enough for me.

Bring it on!!

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Call Me Wesley

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Fri Jun-02-06 04:38 PM
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11. I remember the time we got real bad ones here (30 years ago),

Edited on Fri Jun-02-06 04:39 PM by Call Me Wesley

lightnings hitting the grounds or the power lines next to you. And I especially remember one thunderstorm, when I was a little kid. A lightning bolt hit the building next to ours, and it was so loud and scary.

Seems to have changed lately; no big thunderstorms anymore ... I wonder if this is related to the climate change at all.

But still, I do love them.

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Wcross

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Fri Jun-02-06 06:07 PM
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13. I've been struck by lightning so I am "cautious".

I didn't enjoy the experience at all so I tend to shy away from electrical storms.

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Deja Q

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Fri Jun-02-06 06:08 PM
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14. I love em!

Would love to cuddle with a special person during one... before I no longer can appreciate them...

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hyphenate

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Fri Jun-02-06 06:09 PM
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15. I even have a couple of CDs

that have music combined with thunder and lightning on them for relaxing!

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Cannikin

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Fri Jun-02-06 06:09 PM
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16. I live in Arkansas, it can storm at any time here. Its great

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greendog

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Fri Jun-02-06 06:11 PM
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17. Bad news durring "fire season" unless...

...they come with LOTS of water.

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Mutley

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Fri Jun-02-06 06:17 PM
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18. I love thunderstorms.

Love 'em, love 'em, love 'em.

Even the fear of a tornado theat just adds to the excitement.

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conflictgirl

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Fri Jun-02-06 06:21 PM
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19. I always loved them, but lately I don't

I have very fond memories from childhood when my dad would take me and my sister on the front porch to watch thunderstorms, and so I always loved them. But within the past year or so, it seems like every time we get a bad thunderstorm we have a lengthy power outage (as in the last one a few days ago left us without power for 12 hours), so that's significantly diminishing how much I enjoy them.

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tjwmason

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Fri Jun-02-06 06:31 PM
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20. They are wonderful,

the windows get thrown open wide - and Beethoven gets put on very loud (sorry neighbours).

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GOPisEvil

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Fri Jun-02-06 06:33 PM
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21. Love 'em...

I like seeing them build up, I like the smell of the impending rain, I like the sound of thunder, and I like the sound of rain outside...

Sometimes scary, but love 'em overall.

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