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I thought it was heat lightning at first but then I got an alert on my phone telling me to stay away from doors and windows and unplug appliances, computers, power tools and TV sets.

 

But...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:distraught: I dun wanna...:LithiumSmileySad:

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Vela Megastar

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12 minutes ago, Distortedreasoning said:

do you really gotta watch something thats gonna make you more scared and freak out? :LithiumSmileyLaugh:

THAT'S ALL I'M WATCHING NOW!!!  There are so many vids :LithiumSmileyLaugh:

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8 minutes ago, Distortedreasoning said:

OF COURSE!

later on, if you cant sleep because youre scared, dont say i didnt warn you :LithiumSmileyLaugh:

Well I aint sleeping 'til the storm passes, that's for sure!

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2 minutes ago, Distortedreasoning said:

can you hear or see it right now?

YES TO BOTH...although it does seem to be letting up now.  Before it was crackling, booming, and lighting up the sky all at the same time.  Now it's starting to look like heat lighting again, just the light and no thunder.

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3 minutes ago, Vela said:

YES TO BOTH...although it does seem to be letting up now.  Before it was crackling, booming, and lighting up the sky all at the same time.  Now it's starting to look like heat lighting again, just the light and no thunder.

sounds like the worst has passed by. glad you are safe! :D

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I'm glad you're okay. Remember when a tornado rip through my neighborhood back in January? Not fun at all.

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9 minutes ago, Gemini said:

I'm glad you're okay. Remember when a tornado rip through my neighborhood back in January? Not fun at all.

Yeah, that was scary as hell.  I'm glad you were okay, I was worried about your grandma.

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Gemini Megastar

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3 minutes ago, Vela said:

Yeah, that was scary as hell.  I'm glad you were okay, I was worried about your grandma.

Believe me, i was, too.

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24 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

I was at Disneyland one time when thunderstorms rolled through.  It was an experience to say the least.

Were people huddling all over en masse?   Or...being escorted off rides n stuff? 

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1 hour ago, Vela said:

Were people huddling all over en masse?   Or...being escorted off rides n stuff? 

Huddled under covers.  It started raining heavy and there weren’t many places to get protection.

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On 6/27/2023 at 12:57 AM, Vela said:

I thought it was heat lightning at first but then I got an alert on my phone telling me to stay away from doors and windows and unplug appliances, computers, power tools and TV sets.

 

But...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:distraught: I dun wanna...:LithiumSmileySad:

I love severe storms!

It is best to just go run around in them like it were gentle snow ahahaha

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it's been thundering on and off here for weeks now lol

I've never really actually been worried about being struck by lightning, but i understand the safest place to be is a car, because the metal redirects lightning around you and the tires keep it insulated from the ground. unless it explodes. then you're screwed

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It's been storming where I am, too. My middle dog is afraid of loud noises - sirens, fireworks...storms - so he startled awake from wherever he'd been sleeping in the house and came running to us for cuddles like a toddler. :LithiumSmileyLaugh:

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Vela Megastar

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6 hours ago, atomicinumatt said:

 

It is best to just go run around in them like it were gentle snow ahahaha

This is about the cat pillow isn't it...you 're salty and you want me dead, like 300 million volts to the heart, brain fried kind of dead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I see you.  

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6 hours ago, Lynnrael said:

it's been thundering on and off here for weeks now lol

I've never really actually been worried about being struck by lightning, but i understand the safest place to be is a car, because the metal redirects lightning around you and the tires keep it insulated from the ground. unless it explodes. then you're screwed

:LithiumSmileyLaugh: You didn't watch the video, did you. It looks like the people got out safely but the inside of the car became ingulfed with flames.  I've been very close in proximity to lighting making contact twice now.  Once on a bridge, which nearly made me shit my pants :LithiumSmileyLaugh: and once in a cabin on a lake.  Pretty sure Thor or Taranis is hunting me down.

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1 minute ago, Vela said:

:LithiumSmileyLaugh: You didn't watch the video, did you. It looks like the people got out safely but the inside of the car became ingulfed with flames.  I've been very close in proximity to lighting making contact twice now.  Once on a bridge, which nearly made me shit my pants :LithiumSmileyLaugh: and once in a cabin on a lake.  Pretty sure Thor or Taranis is hunting me down.

If I could, I'd use a Vibranium shield to protect you from Thor's hammer. ("Phrasing!" lol)

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6 hours ago, Lynnrael said:

the safest place to be is a car . . . unless it explodes. then you're screwed

I have to worry about exploding cars now? :LithiumSmileyLaugh:

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Vela Megastar

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7 minutes ago, InsaneFox said:

I got a bad one too. Cut the power twice during tonight’s dnd game.

Ooo dnd by candlelight!

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1 minute ago, Vela said:

Ooo dnd by candlelight!

That sounds like a lot of fun.

InsaneFox: Yeah, that would suck.

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1 minute ago, Gemini said:

That sounds like a lot of fun.

InsaneFox: Yeah, that would suck.

It’s okay, it’s on discord and the phone internet is still working. And it’s an RP session.

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1 minute ago, InsaneFox said:

It’s okay, it’s on discord and the phone internet is still working. And it’s an RP session.

That's pretty cool. Good thing we have smart phones, eh?

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49 minutes ago, Vela said:

:LithiumSmileyLaugh: You didn't watch the video, did you. It looks like the people got out safely but the inside of the car became ingulfed with flames.  I've been very close in proximity to lighting making contact twice now.  Once on a bridge, which nearly made me shit my pants :LithiumSmileyLaugh: and once in a cabin on a lake.  Pretty sure Thor or Taranis is hunting me down.

well what hubris did you show to anger the gods? have you tried ritual sacrifice? doesn't have to be humans, I'm sure a goat will do

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12 minutes ago, Lynnrael said:

well what hubris did you show to anger the gods? have you tried ritual sacrifice? doesn't have to be humans, I'm sure a goat will do

xD I like goats more than humans

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2 minutes ago, Gemini said:

Fine. I guess I volunteer as the human sacrifice. :(

Calm down, it's almost raspberry season here.  I'll give them my first harvest...maybe I'll even make a statue of a ram out of the ramble to burn with the berries...which won't be easy because of the massive amount of thorns but will probably look cool with it's red coloring.

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1 minute ago, Vela said:

Calm down, it's almost raspberry season here.  I'll give them my first harvest...maybe I'll even make a statue of a ram out of the ramble to burn with the berries...which won't be easy because of the massive amount of thorns but will probably look cool with it's red coloring.

Yeah, but if I sacrifice myself now, I can come back as a goat later...or something.

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2 minutes ago, Vela said:

xD I like goats more than humans

totally fair, and we have some options. while some gods require sacrifices be willing participants, others accept war prisoners as tribute. i guess it depends on what kind of god you've angered

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6 minutes ago, Lynnrael said:

totally fair, and we have some options. while some gods require sacrifices be willing participants, others accept war prisoners as tribute. i guess it depends on what kind of god you've angered

Well...let's hope it wasn't Taranis...Celtic sacrifices were a bit gruesome. 

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could also be Tlāloc though, which means you'd need a LOT more people to sacrifice

 

also what's with thunder deities and names that start with T? 

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18 minutes ago, Lynnrael said:

could also be Tlāloc though, which means you'd need a LOT more people to sacrifice

 

also what's with thunder deities and names that start with T? 

Well shit then :shock:

 

Aaaaaaaand the Viking Age makes its way into this thread too. xD  My guess with the T and thunder gods is actually the 'Th' and thunder gods.  The codex runicus (runes) is one of the oldest alphabets with the third rune (þ) giving a "th" sound.  The rune þ is pronounce "thorn", which was the Old Norse word for Thunder/Thor.  Considering how far the Norse traveled and that the codex runicus was used throughout Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia as late as the 18th century I'd say their word for thunder had some sort of influence.  The "th" was lost in antiquity (thorn became torden in Scandinavia and tonitrus in Rome) and runes were done away with almost entirely in the late 15th century when most of Europe adopted the roman alphabet.  HOWEVER the anglo-saxons brought it back at some point...which is how we have Thursday.         

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Although...Tlāloc was probably just coincidentally T >.> lol

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It looks like the Aztec word for thunder is "liztli"? Or "tlatlatzīni", meaning 'to thunder.'
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4 minutes ago, Vela said:

Well shit then :shock:

 

Aaaaaaaand the Viking Age makes its way into this thread too. xD  My guess with the T and thunder gods is actually the 'Th' and thunder gods.  The codex runicus (runes) is one of the oldest alphabets with the third rune (þ) giving a "th" sound.  The rune þ is pronounce "thorn", which was the Old Norse word for Thunder/Thor.  Considering how far the Norse traveled and that the codex runicus was used throughout Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia as late as the 18th century I'd say their word for thunder had some sort of influence.  The "th" was lost in antiquity (thorn became torden in Scandinavia and tonitrus in Rome) and runes were done away with almost entirely in the late 15th century when most of Europe adopted the roman alphabet.  HOWEVER the anglo-saxons brought it back at some point...which is how we have Thursday.         

oh! this is so cool i love learning about how languages and cultures interact! 

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On 6/30/2023 at 11:38 PM, Vela said:

This is about the cat pillow isn't it...you 're salty and you want me dead, like 300 million volts to the heart, brain fried kind of dead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I see you.  

I could never want you dead.. >.> You are too awesome! haha but no, you really are!!

Besides I have been super busy with work the last few months and have not had any time for side projects and hobbies sadly :( adult life sucks sometimesssssss

But I promise you I will find the time in the future and make a big old cat pillow to snuggle! 

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