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 Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:26 pm
So Yeah, I think I have a weird fear of thunders storms, I don't like the rumbling of it...or the rain that comes with it.
Anyone know a way to calm me down as this storm runs its course?
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:30 pm
I have that same fear. funny youtube videos, guilds, that sorta stuff takes my mind off of it and helps me, or listening to music.
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:38 pm
Ah, I am worried that my internet will die if the power goes out thought. but till then It is a good distraction.
Still thanks for the advice!
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:48 pm
well do you have an mp3 player? music helps me.
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:51 pm
The trick I've heard is counting the seconds between the lightening and the thunder. Multiply the seconds by 100 and that's how many miles away the lightening is from you. That way you know how far away the lightening is and that it can't possibly hurt you.
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:36 pm
if you can hear the lightning you're within striking distance . . . sorry, that probably didn't help.
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 7:18 pm
Well there is other factors like the speed of light vs the speed of sound, so all is good, I know it wont hurt me I am just being worried about it~
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:42 pm
I just go to sleep. I can sleep through all kind of freaks of nature.
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:22 am
Meaty_Albatross if you can hear the lightning you're within striking distance . . . sorry, that probably didn't help. That's not true at all. You can hear lightening from hundreds of miles away. That doesn't mean the lightening is striking where you are. Either way, if lightening hits a building the energy will go straight into the ground. That's how modern buildings are designed. So as long as you stay indoors and don't do something stupid like stand under a tree or go out into a flat field where you're the tallest thing around, the chances of you getting hit are slim.
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:18 pm
Hydra-Star Meaty_Albatross if you can hear the lightning you're within striking distance . . . sorry, that probably didn't help. That's not true at all. You can hear lightening from hundreds of miles away. That doesn't mean the lightening is striking where you are. Either way, if lightening hits a building the energy will go straight into the ground. That's how modern buildings are designed. So as long as you stay indoors and don't do something stupid like stand under a tree or go out into a flat field where you're the tallest thing around, the chances of you getting hit are slim.
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:43 pm
Oh do tell, I know some of the facts, just wanted to say the storm broke three days after it started, but tell me your facts so i can think of them next time.
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:23 pm
MinikoMaki Oh do tell, I know some of the facts, just wanted to say the storm broke three days after it started, but tell me your facts so i can think of them next time. I imagine it won't be an issue, since you're afraid of storms and such, but golfing in a storm is a bad idea. They actually tested it on Mythbusters as the whole "playing around after" thing when they were testing the "metal cleats make you more likely to be struck by lightning" myth. Metal cleats are fine, golf club in the air, bad idea.
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:18 pm
Luciferian_Depression MinikoMaki Oh do tell, I know some of the facts, just wanted to say the storm broke three days after it started, but tell me your facts so i can think of them next time. I imagine it won't be an issue, since you're afraid of storms and such, but golfing in a storm is a bad idea. They actually tested it on Mythbusters as the whole "playing around after" thing when they were testing the "metal cleats make you more likely to be struck by lightning" myth. Metal cleats are fine, golf club in the air, bad idea. I don't golf so all is good there, but yeah I am not scared of them just that last storm made me uneasy due to the chain lightning
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:12 pm
MinikoMaki Oh do tell, I know some of the facts, just wanted to say the storm broke three days after it started, but tell me your facts so i can think of them next time.
No its kind of a bad story and I don't like laughing at people's bad luck. Since it often causes bad luck. Plus that was just a bad design for a building and I guess it wasn't made to ward off lighting and it was a long time ago. Like back in the 1940's. So...
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 10:42 am
Miss-dark8607 MinikoMaki Oh do tell, I know some of the facts, just wanted to say the storm broke three days after it started, but tell me your facts so i can think of them next time.
No its kind of a bad story and I don't like laughing at people's bad luck. Since it often causes bad luck. Plus that was just a bad design for a building and I guess it wasn't made to ward off lighting and it was a long time ago. Like back in the 1940's. So... Whut? Speaking of lightening stories, my best friend's aunt was hit by lightening. She was in a parking lot with an umbrella and the lightening hit the umbrella. Fortunately there was a doctor in the same parking lot so she was fine and got medical care immediately. The only lasting effect is a small bald spot and the fact that she has no memory of about 3 hours before she got hit. Most people who are hit by lightening don't actually die. They just have some burns. That's because people are rarely actually hit. We're not very conductive. What happens is that an umbrella they're holding or a tree they're near gets hit and they get shocked because they're near by. If someone actually gets hit they're not coming back. They pretty much explode.
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