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[NejinOniwa]

@911
I was on the bus home from school to celebrate my dad's birthday, in a front seat close enough that I could hear the driver's radio. The first plane had just hit. #2 struck after I came home and turned on the TV.

I don't recall really giving too much thought to the implications of the attack until quite some time later.

[Cockleshell]

Holy. God. The thunderstorm rolling over me right now is basically nuking me with lightning strikes.

It's lighting up for about 15 seconds a pop, and a brief intermission, and then back to looking like it's the middle of the day. At 10 PM. Strangely, a distinct lack of booming thunder, only rolling murmurs of action far away. I'm usually scared of lightning, but this is making me pretty happy inside..

Ever since lightning struck an extremely large tree outside of my house when I was very young, I've been the poster child of a scared child during a thunderstorm. It's faded now, but I still get that twinge in my heart, but I've learned to appreciate the wonders of nature.

[winduko]

Funny. When lightning struck the other day, and I saw the flash, I just thought "whatever" and continued whatever I was doing on the computer.

[NejinOniwa]

I had a run-in with what was most likely the greatest thunderstorm recorded in Sweden during my lifetime when I was 10 or so, and the lighting from the lightning (huehuehue) was similar to what you describe. The sound, however, was not. It was rather deafening, and trying to sleep was quite a bother; nevermind that we'd just been forced to move camp to get shelter from the rain. The damage on the surrounding coastline was enormous, but we noticed practically nothing from where we were.

[Cockleshell]

it seems to have subsided for now, and i have an urge to go outside and breathe in that fresh rain smell.

[Chocofreak13]

petrichor is an AMAZING smell.

it started off sunny and muggy but got crappier and crappier as the day went on, climaxing as we left the grocery store with no umbrella and sheets of rain coming down. it subsided for awhile but it came back in full force, with even more lightning than before. it seems to have subsided again, but i can't tell if that sound outside is rain or wind.

@cockle: if it's any consolation, i was almost struck by lightning as a child.

[Nichi]

I went through a phase where I was afraid of most everything :\

[winduko]

For the Americans in the Eastern Time Zone, I wish you a happy independence day.

[Bella]

For the Americans in the Eastern Time Zone, I wish you a happy independence day.

[Cockleshell]

MURRRRRICA

ILLEGAL FIREWORKS FROM CONNECTICUT

[Chocofreak13]

oh yeah, it's the 4th today.

doesn't mean much as they postponed the fireworks to saturday, which i am busy on. so no blowing shit up in the name of FREEDOM for me this year. >>;;

@pent: i am afraid of life, heights, spiders, and my dad (though i'd never admit that to his face and it's sort of a super-angry fear like a caged animal).
DEATH TO SPIDERS

[Nichi]

Mmm :\

I called in sick to work. I feel like I'm about to puke with how hot it got in my room, plus I barely slept ;_;
(I hate doing this when I haven't been there for long, but honestly there's no way I can function well enough for my job)

[Cockleshell]

love it when i wake up with a pounding headache the day after a bad panic attack hmm

[LeaflameSD]

Happy 4th of July, Americannons.

[winduko]

Power is out here, but it should be up in ~25 minutes.

Meanwhile, within the last ten minutes, the phone's internet began to work again.

Edit: Power is back up, but the pointer is hilariously glitchy.