OMG - struck by lightening!
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Topic: OMG - struck by lightening!
Posted By: AngieBabe
Subject: OMG - struck by lightening!
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 7:51pm
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We're getting it all here on the Kapiti Coast - hail, thunder and lightening! We think our house just got hit - there was a simultaneous flash and absolutely massive boom of thunder then only our house lost power for a bit. If it wasn't actually a direct hit is was damn close!
Oh and it's so cold the hail ain't melting... (hope these aren't too huge) 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 7:54pm
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Wow scary. I am waiting for the ground here to turn white. It should start falling soon. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 7:57pm
Wow, those are some decent sized hail...  -------------  
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Posted By: AngieBabe
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 8:01pm
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Yeah tell me about it... the hail is making a hell of a racket and while I normally like a good thunder storm right overhead is just a wee bit scary! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: lovingmummyhood
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 8:03pm
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Wow!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 8:08pm
Where abouts are you? It has definately been pretty noisy here!! My heart was racing after the thunder I was sure it hit my house too (especially being made of metal ) Havent noticed the hail though ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 8:10pm
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ok just looked out side and OMG!!! the ground is thick with hail!!!!!!!!! I have never seen so much in my life! -------------
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Posted By: AngieBabe
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 8:11pm
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We're in Arawhata Road in Paraparaumu. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 8:45pm
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wow - you're not too far from where we are, we live just across from the college.
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 9:30pm
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Ok so heres some pics of the hail from our house....
Our Deck about 15 minutes later when I finally noticed 
And our hail-man (couldn't feel much of my fingers after that )
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 9:35pm
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Wow the hail man is impressive. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: AngieBabe
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 9:35pm
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Wow, you had a good dose of the 'winter wonderland' at your place! We got quite a bit more at our place after I took those photos but don't think I'd of risked frostbite like you did! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: kakapo
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 9:37pm
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Our house has been struck by lightening twice in the past three years. Fried our laptop the first time, so now we always unplug the computer and pull out the phone plugs (phonelines are most susceptible). Don't use a cordless phone in a thunder and lightening storm as if your house is struck it can come down the phone line, go across the room to the cordless phone and zap you |
. I turned off the mains last time we had an overhead storm as it was so scary - our windows were shaking more than they do in a small earthquake from the thunder Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 9:40pm
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My Nana and Grandad used to live in Arawhata road! Small world!
Your hailman is awesome!! ------------- 
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Posted By: MumsyMoo
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 10:55pm
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Yaaaaaaay!
Paraparaumu... Awwww, I miss living on the Coast 
Why oh WHY!? did I settle with a Tawa boy?!?!  -------------  My wee girl is the love and light of my life!
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 11:28pm
WOW! What an awesome hailman. But I bet its damn cold   ------------- Our Angel July 08  Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 19 August 2008 at 4:16am
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Wow that is in impressive hail! Love the hail man!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 19 August 2008 at 9:43am
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I cant believe I went out this morning and its STILL there(the nose had fallen off and it had shrunk a little in the rain) I'm so glad Keira got to see it this morning, she was so excited!! -------------
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 19 August 2008 at 1:42pm
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ha, we went down to welly on saturday and stopped at shannon because it had just had another huge hail storm and the roads were iced up and there had been an accident. We were wondering if we'd ever get thru cos last time we tried to go down it absolutely hailed really bad here in palmy and we nearly left the road near longburn so we turned round and came home. crazy crazy weather round here lately ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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