muikabochi 208 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Anyone out there in the thunder this afternoon? (Don't know about other areas but people in Kagura would probably have had it) Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 yes yes yes yes yes yes yes..... i was!!!!!!! 47 park avec thunder & lightening, dope Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 31, 2007 Author Share Posted March 31, 2007 Cool Excellent. Was it fun? I'd actually be quite interested to do that. Many people out there today EBC? Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 yeh the park was packed in the morning, including a highly amusing snowblader group being led by 2 people with radios through the park then it rained at lunch time, and when we came back out it stopped raining (sweeet) and then it rained a bit more..... and we just continued cause we were having so much fun, then the thunder & lightening started and we ran through the car park like crazy people to get outa there lol is now TIPPING down with rain, and thunder is still going!!!!!! were you out there today? Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Sounds mad! Where was it that you were called a trooper Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 That sounds like fun. Why did you run, you big fairy cakes! Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 It didnt start raining up at Okutadami till Sat afternoon. Today it was fine. Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Fun!?!?!? Skiing in the thunder?? Neva! I have to find enough big place to hide myself then. Don't like thunder and drumming. Link to post Share on other sites
69 5 Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 I was there too. Bit of a wild day that was, and probably my last. I had fun though. Link to post Share on other sites
Kingofmyrrh 0 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 It was fun making the final run of the day back down to the bottom of the gondola from around the park area. As the thunder rumbled behind us it felt like we were trying to outrun a tidal wave! Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Excellent. Any spectacular lightning as well to go with the thunder? Link to post Share on other sites
Kingofmyrrh 0 Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 You'd better believe it! We were measuring the gaps between lightning and thunder to see how close we were to getting sizzled. Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 my house got sizzzzzled 2 summers ago, fkn scary stuff, the storms in this valley are phenomenal sometimes Link to post Share on other sites
Kingofmyrrh 0 Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 You mean lightning actually hit your house!?!? What happened? Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 YEHHH crash bang!!! Put it this way... it sounded like a plane exploding about 3m above my head, all the electricity went out, lots of "energy" in the room, the lightening came at the same time as the thunder, and i literally threw myself to the floor screaming..... the storms are monumental here, so powerful, booming off the mountains. The one the other day (not that powerful compared to others) made my house shake. ArrRRgggGHHhh, i HATE thunder & lightening, it scares the shit out of me. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Wow, sounds like one big experience! Link to post Share on other sites
Kingofmyrrh 0 Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Hmmm... I had the idea at the back of my mind of getting myself a tiny place in Hakuba for winter weekends and holidays, but stories like that aren't too encouraging! Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 haha what?! my house is really exposed, and what are the chances?!! this happened in summer, when there are tons of thunder storms all the time, never seen them in winter before until this season. ps - there are earthquakes in japan, and lots of tall buildings in tokyo where you live Link to post Share on other sites
Kingofmyrrh 0 Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 You make a good point - I work in the 2nd tallest (tallest until last week!) building in Tokyo so I am asking for earthquake-based pain. My relatives live in S. Africa and I've been in a house that was struck by lightning there, which I really, really didn't enjoy (was about 7 yrs old at the time though)... maybe it's time to get over it. Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 EBC, you would hate Singapore - they have thunderstorms like that everyday at 3pm. Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 exactly at 3pm? singapore sounds hot, you're right, i wouldn't be that into it. Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 pretty much. Around 2-2:30p the humidy builds up and dark clouds start to form over the city, then around 3pm - the thunder and lighting start to boom...it's all over by 5pm. Of course, some days it doesn't rain - but it's pretty consistant, especially in the rainy season. The thunder and lightniing are intense. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 I'd like to experience that.... not sure about wanting to live there and experience it every day though! Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 I don't think I could ever live in a place like that where it is just constantly humid. It sounds utterly miserable. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 10, 2007 Author Share Posted April 10, 2007 Me too. Summer is bad enough here, never mind humid all for most of the time. Link to post Share on other sites
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