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It was a dark and stormy night…

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FannyCornforth Mon 05-Sept-22 01:57:30

Mad weather tonight in Derby.
Torrential rain, thunder and loads of sheet lightning.
The little dog is very scared; DH is fast asleep.
All the exciting stuff is moving on, but it’s still throwing it down.

Maya1 Mon 05-Sept-22 08:52:56

We had thunderstorms in our part of East Anglia, I'm in the fens. More due late evening. For the first time our dog didn't wake up, I'm sleeping downstairs with him. I think he is loosing his hearing.
This will help when the fire works arrive as he is terrified them.
As Maw says, it is now more like a fortnight.

Hiraeth Mon 05-Sept-22 09:32:28

Hope the rain will arrive here in Germany soon . We haven’t had any rain for months !

henetha Mon 05-Sept-22 09:35:11

Huge heavy rain here last evening, in south Dartmoor.
Thunderstorms are forecast for later, and tomorrow.
I don't like it, but we need it.

HurdyGurdy Mon 05-Sept-22 09:38:24

I don't know if I slept deeply last night, but apart from two rumbles of thunder, I was completely unaware.

Looking at Facebook this morning, on a Chilterns weather forecasting page, there was a real humdinger of a storm.

We are right on the edge of their area, and quite often miss the weather they forecast. Pity, because I love a good storm.

lixy Mon 05-Sept-22 09:44:29

Lots of rain here in Bedfordshire and DH says there was some thunder but both GS and I slept through it all. Water butts are full.
Hope everyone gets some rain soon.

MiniMoon Mon 05-Sept-22 09:51:41

We had plenty of rain here in Northumberland, but I didn't hear any thunder. I will consult with DH when he comes back from shopping, I'm sure he would have mentioned it if he'd heard any as he doesn't like thunderstorms.

Granmarderby10 Mon 05-Sept-22 09:57:13

FannyCornforth I’m astonished that I wasn’t woken by any storm and I did have the windows wide open, was it “local weather for local people”? The dog here was fine- on her armchair flat on her back snoring away….. Very lovely and fresh out there this morning though.

Lovetopaint037 Mon 05-Sept-22 10:23:10

Heavy rain and a flash of lightening in the distance about 3 am in the West Wickham, Kent area. Lasted a short while.

FannyCornforth Mon 05-Sept-22 11:14:04

Grandmaderby I’m amazed that you slept through it too!
Mind you, DH did too , and his curtains were wide open.

BigBertha1 Mon 05-Sept-22 11:17:36

Expecting a storm tonight in East Cheshire - our daughter's 'sensitive' Golden Retriever staying with us until Wednesday wont leave our side anyway let alone a storm or fireworks - roll on Wednesday.

Aldom Mon 05-Sept-22 11:58:09

Heavy, welcome rain, thunder and lightning in Oxford, just after midnight last night.

Callistemon21 Mon 05-Sept-22 12:00:29

Please send us some rain!
It was dark all day yesterday and we had a couple of dribbles but only enough to dampen the surface.

Germanshepherdsmum Mon 05-Sept-22 14:59:47

I’d love a good storm! I too am fortunate to have a fearless dog - in fact I’ve only had one GSD who was afraid of thunder. She would come to me for a cuddle, on my lap, which was bliss. She was a lovely rescue who had been beaten. A wonderful and loving girl.

watermeadow Mon 05-Sept-22 17:38:16

We had rain overnight and a bit more today but we rarely have thunder and lightning. One of my cats was most indignant, he’s never felt rain before as they are indoor cats who now have a Catio and can go outside whilst staying safe.

Hellogirl1 Mon 05-Sept-22 17:43:50

We had overnight rain, but I`m not sure how heavy, or if we had thunder.

annsixty Mon 05-Sept-22 17:44:15

My D who lives in W Sussex said they had a very bad storm.
Their glass topped garden table was blown over and it took her an hour to sweep up the thousands of tiny squares of safety glass littering the patio.

boheminan Mon 05-Sept-22 17:45:05

Aldom I live about 5 miles out of Oxford and from around 1.00am we had a lot of sheet lightning and rain but no thunder...

Mollygo Mon 05-Sept-22 17:47:44

Rain yesterday. Rain early this morning, but then it’s been sunny all day. I’m wondering how our dog will cope with fireworks. Last year she didn’t mind.

MrsKen33 Mon 05-Sept-22 18:13:26

Just had a deluge. Quite biblical. Torrents of rain, thunder ,lightening. Gutters were overflowing.

fairfraise Mon 05-Sept-22 19:00:18

Just had the same in South Wales.

MrsKen33 Mon 05-Sept-22 19:35:02

fairfraise we are in South Wales. Just had another deluge ???????

AreWeThereYet Mon 05-Sept-22 20:10:56

Had lots of thunder and lightening last night about midnight but not much rain. I was counting the seconds between the thunder and the lightening flashes, it must have gone right over us. Expecting more tonight.

Grannybags Mon 05-Sept-22 20:50:06

Had a few massive flashes of lightning a rumbles of thunder and now it is torrential rain. Bristol area

Hurray at last!

Callistemon21 Mon 05-Sept-22 21:52:35

Yes, we had some lightning, thunder and a downpour earlier.

Alleluia!

merlotgran Mon 05-Sept-22 22:01:07

It’s so noisy here I’ve put the sub titles on the telly.