Funder

I've got Funder but I haven't seen any Frightening ( I didn't think that was
possible?) The wet stuff is coming down like a monsoon and in 15 minutes the

Ponder...

If the lightning is actually within the cloud you may not see it, but
you'll most certainly hear it ;)

road has become like a river. I'm glad I'm on a hill 'cos no way will the
drains cope with this downfall.

~~Linda~~...

Met Office have just put up a severe weather warning.

Rabbit...

Oh dear :-( That's bad and it doesn't even mention the gale which is
starting just now.

Heavy Rain
Affecting Argyll + Bute, Dumfries + Galloway, E Ayrshire, E Renfrewshire,
Glasgow, Inverclyde, N Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, S Ayrshire & W
Dunbartonshire
Thunderstorms this evening will give torrential downpours with up to 30mm
of rain in places.

You'll not be needing to water the garden!

Rabbit...

That's true :-)

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

Coming over to you from NI or so our weather man ws saying earlier.

Rabbit...

Our Weatherman is always generous in that way, he sends me gales and rain so

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

So long as it isn't too Frightening. :)

andon...

Exactly. I am never bothered by the noise.
The thought of that electrickery is very Frightening.
I just have to remind myself of the odds on getting struck.
There have only been 4 strikes within a mile of here in the
last 15 years.

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

He's a rotten shot then. LOL

Rabbit...

Surprisingly (to me anyway) it's not frightening despite the fact that I do
remember as a child, my mother and I coming off a bus, from my maternal
grandparents, and having to take shelter in the chip shop belonging to a
family friend during a night like tonight when somehow ( I was too
young,about 3 or 4, to take in the details ) the Frightening struck the shop
and it went on fire.No great damage was done but it often surprises me that
the childhood trauma never affected me in later life.

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

Sounds like that was a bad un - shouldn't you have been scarred for life?
:)

Rabbit...

Yep that's what I would have thought but IMHO there is nothing more
spectacular supplied by Mother Nature than a Funder and Frightening

Madge...

Funny isn't it?
My (paternal) gran was so frightened by storms she used to shut herself in a
cupboard. I even remember her going in there with her dinner one day. Made
me frightened and my Dad was furious. Now I just love them.

Firework display courtesy of Mum Nature!

why not Funder :-)

Pam the goose...

Oh dear:(

It looks like you have what we're going to get according to the weather
forecast. Our weather front is coming from West Scotland:(

Rabbit...

Don't say I'm not generous :-)

It's been hot BYT all day here, so hot I had to go and get summer trousers
and top cos the ones I was wearing made my neck wet!! And we've had the
ceiling fan on all day.

Rabbit...

That's another odd thing, I thought you needed heat to have Funder and
Frightening. It's been mild enough here all day but not warm.

It's the first bit of sweating I've done since the bleeding brain so I guess

Rabbit...

Pam, horses sweat, gentlemen perspire and ladies glow :-)

it's a repair:)

The frightening will be there, just too far away for you to see.

Rabbit...

Over the water methinks. You ought to see just how black the sky is that
way. It wasn't as black as that half an hour ago and now I've got a wind
getting up.

May...

Now, now, Sandra. You just be careful with that wind getting up of
yours... They'll be placing a Noise Abatement Order on you personally,
you'll see.

Rabbit...

Oh it's died down now. So did the Funder, Frightening and rain but it's just
arrived back again :-(

Marg ;o ))

May...

BTW. I can't remember we had one single bout of Funder and Frightenening
when we were living up towards that way. Just nice, temperate summers, blue
skies, etc.etc. I kid you all not. M.

=?iso-8859-1?Q?=A7ire=DFird?= & $ir Vivor...

Seen some spectacular pictures on the Beeb's site this morning. As
Terry said, amazing to see but not to experience.

Madge...

Funder is not uncommon without frightening ( what a lovely expression!!)

Rabbit...

I often, while visiting friends in Florida watched Frightening without
Funder. It just *seemed* to go from cloud to cloud and was fantastic to
watch.

No idea where you live and really can';t read ALL the posts here.......My

Rabbit...

God's Own Country is where I live and to give you a hint where that is .....

A man in decided to write a book about churches around the UK. He started by
flying to London, and started working from there.

Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and making notes.
He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued with a
sign which read "£1,000 a minute."

Seeking out the vicar he asked about the phone and the sign. The vicar
answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to Heaven and if
he pays the price he can talk directly to God. The man thanked the vicar and
continued on his way.

As he continued to visit churches in Kent, Surrey, Lincolnshire,Derbyshire,
Yorkshire, Lancashire, Northumberland, and all around the UK, he found more
phones, with the same sign, and the same answer from each vicar.

Finally, he arrived in Scotland. Upon entering a church in Glasgow, behold,
he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS time, the sign read: "Calls:
10p."

Fascinated, he asked to talk to the vicar. "Reverend, I have been in cities
all across the country and in each church I have found this golden telephone
and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and that I could talk to
God, but, in the other churches the cost was £1,000 a minute - your charge
is only 10p. How can this be?"

The vicar, smiling benignly, replied, "Son, you're in Scotland now.........

Madge...

Love it!!!

It's a local call."

Mike Clayton...

Where have you moved to in Yorkshire, Lass?

goodness but it has been HOT in London today & is still quite muggy now.
Not a good forecast for weekend though.
Had a lovely evening - an old friend got in touch out of the blue so have

Rabbit...

I think the last time I remember Funder and Frightening here was two years
( or it might have been three) ago, in May too 'cos it was when I was laying
the gravel in the front garden. Before that I can't remember when we last
had it.

been sitting in a pub garden all evening and am hoping this is just a taste
of what this summer will be like :-)

BoyPete...

dats wot you got :)