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#691 Post by Veem »

The storm due in the early hours was a little late in reaching us but made up for that in entertainment value. It passed by after a couple of hours but there are more due this afternoon.

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#692 Post by Spectrum »

Yes we had the same in Chabanais about 4/5 yrs ago, it left a huge trail of destruction, the queue outside the insurance office had to be seen to be believed, we live far enough away so we just had small hail stones. Even today if you are in Chabanais you can see a lot of roofs still covered in tarps, also some of the commercial buildings that were hit have replaced their asbestos roofs with metal sheeting, I suppose ready for the next time.

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#693 Post by Sparkle »

overcast today but 75.9F - but a lack of air makes it very tiring.
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#694 Post by Veem »

Spectrum wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 1:01 pm Yes we had the same in Chabanais about 4/5 yrs ago, it left a huge trail of destruction, the queue outside the insurance office had to be seen to be believed, we live far enough away so we just had small hail stones. Even today if you are in Chabanais you can see a lot of roofs still covered in tarps, also some of the commercial buildings that were hit have replaced their asbestos roofs with metal sheeting, I suppose ready for the next time.
Yes, still quite a few un-renewed roofs in Chabanais. The storm back then left us relatively unscathed, but secon home friends with a hire car had a big bill from the hire company for hail stone damage.

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#695 Post by L Austin France »

Just started raining here with thunder & lightning forecast.
Finally remembered to leave my very dusty old barn living Pug 806 outside for a much needed sluice off.
Couple of hours should see the most of the muck off. :D

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#696 Post by exile »

Third storm of the day has just passed through but none of them have brought a lot of rain. Best I can say is no need to water tonight.

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#697 Post by Lori »

exile wrote: ↑Wed Jun 22, 2022 7:53 pm Third storm of the day has just passed through but none of them have brought a lot of rain. Best I can say is no need to water tonight.
Same here. A bit is in the forecast for today and tomorrow. We shall see. We certainly need more rain.

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#698 Post by exile »

Well a fourth wave passed by and while there was little thunder and lightning over us it did eventually bring a lot of rain and the water butts are now full or largely so.

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#699 Post by Liz »

At 11.37 it's gone dark here, very dark, blowing hard, raining and rumbliong but not lightning nor hail yet......
Power about to go off I reckon! Time to switch this off & unplug everything
How do people live without at least one dog in the house?

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#700 Post by Liz »

Power stayed on, UK satellite TV/radio took a tea break as usual when it rains a lot
No damage and sun now shining.....
How do people live without at least one dog in the house?

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