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Hmm... Has the hurricane reached Houston, or is this just a hell of a thunderstorm?

Wow. Lightning just killed the streetlights!

--- Looks like the lights are back on. Weird.

The other side of the street's been hit by lightning, and all the houses there have no power. I think that was the loudest thunder clap I've ever heard, and possibly the brightest lightning strike I've ever seen.

Wow, another sonic boom of a thunder clap!

Haven't you ever heard that you shouldn't use a computer in a thunderstorm?

Just a thunderstorm. The real fun is in the Gulf, heading, for the moment, for the Louisiana/Mississippi coast. She's already passed over my house in south Florida.

I love riding out storms, its a adrenaline rush.

Haha. Good stuff.

Don't worry, people --- Everything's plugged into a failsafe surge protector, and I've got a very good power supply in my computer (Antec!). It's already been turned off due to electrical surges three times, and not a problem's arisen :D.

Haha. Good stuff.

Don't worry, people --- Everything's plugged into a failsafe surge protector, and I've got a very good power supply in my computer (Antec!). It's already been turned off due to electrical surges three times, and not a problem's arisen :D.


Awesome!

Just a thunderstorm. The real fun is in the Gulf, heading, for the moment, for the Louisiana/Mississippi coast. She's already passed over my house in south Florida.

And it appears to be heading for New Orleans... :eek:

I was living in Florida when Fredrick came through - just a little hurricane - but the damage was incredible to me (I lived on the barrier island of Gulf Breeze).

We evacuated, but the hotel was hit by a tornado.
So the fun is just beginning.

I love New Orleans and am wondering how well those old romantic building will hold up.

I feel for you all that will get hit.

Keep the update going as long as you can without frying your computer or hurting youself.

Starry

Its starting to cloud up here, but im a lil north of the hurricane

This is why I live in Southern California. Sure we get earthquakes.. but that's a heck a lot better then hurricanes, in my opinion.

This is why I live in Southern California. Sure we get earthquakes.. but that's a heck a lot better then hurricanes, in my opinion.



Famous last words as "the Big One" finally hits and California slides into the ocean.....

Hmm... Has the hurricane reached Houston, or is this just a hell of a thunderstorm?

Wow. Lightning just killed the streetlights!

--- Looks like the lights are back on. Weird.

National radar is showing a little thunderstorm in the Huston area. Enjoy the light show.

This is why I live in Southern California. Sure we get earthquakes.. but that's a heck a lot better then hurricanes, in my opinion.

What about the forest fires and mud slides?

What about the forest fires and mud slides?

Overrated. Trust me. We have a bunch of news corps here, that's why they always get massive media coverage. Not because they're some epidemic that no one can deal with.