Thunder and lightning

[EAZY-ME]

well this is one spectacular lightning storm... never seen anything like it

[speedy_gonzales]

Very very frightening,,,,

[AFKA5814_Hibs]

It's been crazy for over an hour now. Literally shat myself a few minutes ago, one huge strike just overhead.

[DaveF]

Tis very impressive.

[Mon Dieu4]

I'm trying to think of a time in my life when thunder and lightning in Edinburgh has gone on for so long and I don't think I've seen it like this before, maybe Thor is chuffed with the Hibs result

[hibsbollah]

I’ve lived in some thundery places in my life but I’ve never seen anything like this going on for so long. It started before 10 and that’s almost an hour of pyrotechnics. Bonkers

[Mr Grieves]

I've never seen a thunderstorm like this in Leith. Thailand - yes, Sri Lanka - yes, Singapore-yes, but never here

[Scouse Hibee]

Amazing here, I almost thought there was a light show on Corstorphine Hill, I’ve never seen anything like it.

[Pretty Boy]

Seems to be easing now. Boooo.

Was amazing to watch for an hour or so. There's a block of flats opposite me which blocks what would be a perfect view of Arthur's Seat. That would have been spectacular.

Downside is the humidity. No sleeping for me tonight.

[The_Exile]

Looks like it was a smaller storm and it actually developed into a full on electrical storm over the Lothians which explains the duration and intensity. I noticed the air get noticeably warmer as it ramped up. What a great show and a reminder of how powerful mother nature is.

[hibsbollah]

90 minutes after the storm started, it gets all quiet, then a massive thunderclap like a bomb going off.

[The Modfather]

Seems to be easing now. Boooo.

Was amazing to watch for an hour or so. There's a block of flats opposite me which blocks what would be a perfect view of Arthur's Seat. That would have been spectacular.

Downside is the humidity. No sleeping for me tonight.

Not in Balerno it’s not. Still going as strong with no sign of any let up. An impressive spectacle.

[MagicSwirlingShip]

Still relentless here. Never seen anything like this in Edinburgh.

[speedy_gonzales]

I vaguely remember a late summer storm in August '90 that lasted as long as this but the lightning was more impressive, tonight the sheet lightning has been more going across the clouds rather than forking down to the ground

[Mibbes Aye]

Five minutes of thunder in the deepest Borders. Living in the valley we watched the conditions pass by on their way to the metropolis that is Edinburgh

[Lendo]

Rain and lightning back. This has to be a months worth of rain in one evening.

[Sir David Gray]

Whatever you guys were experiencing earlier appears to have travelled along the M9 to the Forth Valley area.

Constant thunder and Sky losing signal every 30 seconds or so.

[Waxy]

Very very frightening,,,,

Me......Gallileo

[Sir David Gray]

Rain's just suddenly started belting down now too.

[LaMotta]

Was in Indigo Yard tonight and everyone had to leave because rain started gushing in through the ceiling - when buildings in Edinburgh can't cope with the rain things must be bad.

[Sir David Gray]

Nearly wetting myself as I'm lying in the dark and then suddenly there's a huge flash in the room.

No sleep tonight!

[Mibbes Aye]

Nearly wetting myself as I'm lying in the dark and then suddenly there's a huge flash in the room.

No sleep tonight!

https://images.app.goo.gl/HJojnH8xkXdFca1H8

[speedy_gonzales]

Me......Gallileo

^ this guy gets it ^

[Sir David Gray]

Thunder and lightning now almost constant. I've never experienced anything like this before in Scotland!

[Squealing pig]

Crazy weather , some of the loudest thunder I’ve heard

[stoneyburn hibs]

I've missed out, Wasn't that impressive in Broxburn.
That's Broxburn for you.

[pontius pilate]

Still going on as well this morning, unreal

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[heretoday]

To start with it seemed to be happening over in Fife so we had a good time pointing and laughing at their discomfort.
Then we got it. That'll teach us to mock our fellow Scots!

[Hibrandenburg]

Could do with some over here. Normally August is the thunder season here, the humidity and air pressure is unbearable for a peely wally Scotsman and a good thunderstorm normally clears the air. I've moved my home office into the caravan and the aircon is on full blast. Think yourselves lucky.

[EAZY-ME]

Jeez...40 minutes ago and it was still going...seems calm and clear now

[KdyHby]

Thunder and lightning started in Kirkcaldy about 745pm (my wife was on the tennis court!), lightning was still going on at 1130, with thunder still rumbling away at 330 this morning.

[MagicSwirlingShip]

My home internet has been down since what seemed like a lightning strike in our street at roughly 11pm. Anyone else having problems getting online?

Doesn’t look like much work will be getting done today

[Billy Whizz]

My home internet has been down since what seemed like a lightning strike in our street at roughly 11pm. Anyone else having problems getting online?

Doesn’t look like much work will be getting done today

Mine still off as well, West Edinburgh
Did my BT Wi-fi app checker, and said there’s a problem in the area

[AFKA5814_Hibs]

Talk about calm after the storm, the sun's out there's clear blue skies and it's to be 23 degress. Good day for a day off. :aok:

[BroxburnHibee]

I was working all through it in my taxi. Was very scary at times. Flooding all over the city. Noticed some cars stuck under the bridge at Cameron Toll.

Worst storm I can remember in my life.

Decent earner though :greengrin

[Moulin Yarns]

Just spoke to a neighbour who tells me that broadband isn't working from Dundee to Perth and up to Pitlochry.

Weird because I've had no problems this morning.

[Keith_M]

I'm really jealous as there's been nothing in Glasgow, except a bit of rain during the night.


:I'm waiti

[jonty]

Just spoke to a neighbour who tells me that broadband isn't working from Dundee to Perth and up to Pitlochry.

Weird because I've had no problems this morning.

for a change, sky and virgin seem ok today.
BT have taken a big hit somewhere

[Chorley Hibee]

I'm really jealous as there's been nothing in Glasgow, except a bit of rain during the night.


:I'm waiti

It was mental here in Motherwell during the early hours.

[Moulin Yarns]

for a change, sky and virgin seem ok today.
BT have taken a big hit somewhere

I'm with BT, and not had a problem. Short power cut yesterday about 5pm the hub reset itself. I wonder if there is a difference between fibre and cable when it comes to the outage.

[jonty]

I'm with BT, and not had a problem. Short power cut yesterday about 5pm the hub reset itself. I wonder if there is a difference between fibre and cable when it comes to the outage.

I only know because it was mentioned on a work call this morning that users were having issues connecting in. BT, plusnet and EE were mentioned. It wasnt mentioned if it was fibre or ADSL. Suspect theres some heavily flooded exchanges!
I'm on sky and virgin so havent noticed any issue (fibre)

[Sir David Gray]

My 4G with O2 is affected, seems like there's been damage to a phone mast in my area which is causing this. I've put my phone onto wifi, which is with Sky, and it's fine.

[Keith_M]

It was mental here in Motherwell during the early hours.


Honestly?

It could at least have headed into Glasgow.

[cabbageandribs1875]

serious injuries reported after a passenger train has derailed near stonehaven this morning

[Hibernia&Alba]

I loved it; thunderstorms are great. Our dug wasn't best pleased mind.

[hibee_girl]

It was mental here in Motherwell during the early hours.

The Motherwell stadium suffered some damage, a few photos on Twitter earlier

[Moulin Yarns]

serious injuries reported after a passenger train has derailed near stonehaven this morning

https://www.hibs.net/showthread.php?347818-Train-Derailment-in-Stonehaven&p=6265861#post6265861

[Moulin Yarns]

No country does weather warnings like Scotland does weather warnings.

❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 https://t.co/fkTq9qjbFY

[cabbageandribs1875]

https://www.hibs.net/showthread.php?347818-Train-Derailment-in-Stonehaven&p=6265861#post6265861

ta 👍

[Moulin Yarns]

Queens Court, Perth 🆘 @WindyWilson88 https://t.co/kqIOv4dqvR

Between the green car and the fence is Craigie Burn.

[Billy Whizz]

Queens Court, Perth 🆘 @WindyWilson88 https://t.co/kqIOv4dqvR

Between the green car and the fence is Craigie Burn.

Is that water from the Tay at Perth, historically a flood hotspot

[Moulin Yarns]

Is that water from the Tay at Perth, historically a flood hotspot

It's about a mile upstream from where it joins the Tay beside perth prison.

[Moulin Yarns]

I've just spoken to an Openreach engineer and the reason I have connection while others round about is because I have full fibre and the copper lines are the ones affected. 😁

[Sir David Gray]

The Motherwell stadium suffered some damage, a few photos on Twitter earlier

Unconfirmed reports coming through that it's done £100,000 worth of improvements to the stadium! :greengrin

[heretoday]

Looking east from Corstorphine there seemed to be an eerie glow on the other side of the Hill but I see no mention of a serious fire. The Fire Brigade received about 500 calls but nothing specific.

[Scouse Hibee]

Looking east from Corstorphine there seemed to be an eerie glow on the other side of the Hill but I see no mention of a serious fire. The Fire Brigade received about 500 calls but nothing specific.

There was a similar glow the night before, think the storm lightning made it look even brighter, definitely some form of lighting causing it the night before.

[lapsedhibee]

There was a similar glow the night before, think the storm lightning made it look even brighter, definitely some form of lighting causing it the night before.

Believe there's been some sort of festival-type light show going on about 10pm recently.

[Moulin Yarns]

Believe there's been some sort of festival-type light show going on about 10pm recently.

There is.

https://www.eif.co.uk/whats-on/my-light-shines-on

[CropleyWasGod]

Believe there's been some sort of festival-type light show going on about 10pm recently.

It's been on for the last couple of weeks. Pretty striking, especially when it's overcast.

[Jones28]

Absolutely mental scenes last night. I went for a run after the match and saw a few cracks of lightening over the Ochils and Fife, I was in bed by 10 and the thunder starts up.

The wee one was woken by it and was terrified from 10:30 till about 3 when she finally settled. Some incredible lightening and thunder that was so loud the windows in the house vibrated.

The rain was absolutely phenomenal too.

[Jones28]

We had a month and a half of rain in 6 hours last night.

Where’s that boy that doesn’t believe in climate change?

[brianmc]

We had a month and a half of rain in 6 hours last night.

Where’s that boy that doesn’t believe in climate change?

Think he got washed away overnight!

[calumhibee1]

That was absolutely mental. I had a not inconsiderate amount of water make its way into my kitchen via the flue for my boiler.

[RyeSloan]

That was absolutely mental. I had a not inconsiderate amount of water make its way into my kitchen via the flue for my boiler.

How on earth did that happen?

Sounds rather dangerous to me!!

[calumhibee1]

How on earth did that happen?

Sounds rather dangerous to me!!

I’ve looked online and apparently it can happen if the flue hasn’t been fitted correctly so I’m going to have to get it looked at. It’s never happened before last night so the boiler has been switched off since!

[greenlex]

I've missed out, Wasn't that impressive in Broxburn.
That's Broxburn for you.
You were clearly comatose at the back of 2 then.

[Kato]

We had a month and a half of rain in 6 hours last night.

Where’s that boy that doesn’t believe in climate change?That deluge out at Sighthillin June last year was 2.5 weeks rain in 45mins. Saw some stats as it affected my works building.

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[Just Alf]

A 130 year old property I'm dealing with had a flooded basement for the 1st time in memory about 10 years ago, all fixed and put down to a once in a 100 year event, happened again last year so the council rebuilt all the drains, happened again the other night :- /

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[wpj]

Just hit Cambridge, its absolutely mad here at the moment after days of heat. Woke me up! Going nowhere today!

[wpj]

FFS, its mental here! Got my fan on full blast while outside is dark as! Thunder, lightning torrential rain. Just spoke to an ex colleague at the hospital and they are considering some kind of lockdown until the storm passes. Thankfully the homeless here are still being looked after in accomodation since the lockdown. Massive respect to the Cambridge Council.

[Just_Jimmy]

We had a month and a half of rain in 6 hours last night.

Where’s that boy that doesn’t believe in climate change?He's President of The USA.

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[McD]

Very very frightening,,,,



Love this :greengrin

[jonty]

Union Canal looks like somethings bitten a chunk out of it

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-53769949/storm-damage-creates-30m-hole-in-the-union-canal

[wpj]

Just had an hour of thunder, lightning and rain in Cambridge! It has been lovely for a week or so, the last hour has been crazy, still hear the thunder in the distance.