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| vtsteam:
Boy it was pretty wild yesterday -- thunder and lightning all day and buckets of rain until our brook was raging brown froth almost up to the bridge (5 foot rise) and flooding the field. We're up a bit on the hill, so never threatened by floods. But the power went out after noon, so we fired up the generator. Today we found out that a good friend, Lucy, a grandmother, had her house hit and burned to the ground by lightning about a mile away, she made it out with her dogs and some clothes, but couldn't get her cats out. Left the door open. Then after the local volunteer fire department responded, 7 firefighters were struck by one bolt of lightning. All but two were released from the hospital today. Today it was hot and sunny and the brook went down and I checked out the flooded field. But tonight the thunderstorms are back and the rain is getting louder, so I guess we're in for more of the same. As I'm writing this it's really starting to pound! |
| Scuba1:
Sorry to hear that. We just had the butt end of the first tropical storm " Arthur " anchors held and its now north of us, but I thing the outer banks in NC are going to get a pasting tomorrow |
| vtsteam:
Yes I saw that on the radar -- in fact Arthur's been upgraded to a hurricane. And I think what we're getting up here, so far away, is related to that system. One of the earliest hurricanes I've ever heard of... |
| tom osselton:
Well Im glad to hear your ok and hope the firefighters are not too badly hurt, the home can always be replaced hopfully she had insurance! |
| awemawson:
Gosh dramatic stuff Steve. Glad you are ok. Hope the others recover. You certainly seem to get wild swings of weather. |
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