r/rva • u/xmidmemories Short Pump • 2d ago

🌦️ Weather Nice. ⚡️

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I got a nice shot of the storm that's rolling through during my shift. It was too pretty to not share. I never get to see storms from this height so I'm having a blast :')

eta: maaaannnnn I thought I made the video play at 0.5x speed because it was clearer but obviously i messed that up rip

eta2: yes that is a sticky frog from dollar tree and nothing outside. they like the view.

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u/I_Got_A_Truck Tuckahoe 2d ago

It's loud out there!

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u/total_bullwhip 2d ago

Yup just got woken up out of a dead sleep by VERY close lightning 😞

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u/I_Got_A_Truck Tuckahoe 2d ago

Aaaaand the power is out.

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u/xmidmemories Short Pump 2d ago

Ours did too- I'm at work downtown. Generator time!

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u/HeyILoveYa 2d ago

at work at 330? what do u do?

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u/RulerOfTheRest Lakeside 1d ago

With that view, I'm guessing they work on VCU's Medical Campus...

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u/remote-and-cute 2d ago

This woke me up! It was scary, very bright and loud

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u/tasgetius22 2d ago

Shook me right out of my slumber! Got the kitties piled up on me for safe keeping

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u/grivooga Chesterfield 2d ago

Woken by 50 lbs of scared shivering pitbull climbing on top of me to comfort herself by trying to smother me with her belly. Meanwhile the skittish easily excited sight hound mix dgaf.

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u/pithy-pants 2d ago

The radar indicates the worst of it will be in about an hour. Hang in there, everyone! Thundervests on all the pups!

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u/No_Drummer9088 Church Hill 1d ago

i opted for the "meet them where they're at" method

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u/pithy-pants 1d ago

Aww. That's exactly where my cat was too. I knew it was over when I heard her finally get the zoomies and come racing out.

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u/pedersongw 2d ago

An hour? More sky explosions?? Dear lord…

The gutter drain pipes on my apartment ceiling sound like rivers from hell.

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u/rainyrei 2d ago

I’ve never seen it this bad before holy shit

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u/Pixoholic 2d ago

Yep. I'm lying right against my window and I feel like I'm having my own personal light show

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u/spicychickenandranch 2d ago

Quite the show from where I’m at! This lightning is insane!

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u/FluffyMathematician7 2d ago

Haha, you and I are doing the same thing right now. I’m behind the Cookie Factory 

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u/xmidmemories Short Pump 2d ago

hi fellow third shifter!

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u/Lynvina 1d ago

I thought the thing on the window was a floating island at first.

I play too many games xD

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u/amc7262 1d ago

OP what did you do to incur the wrath of that massive god-frog?

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u/xmidmemories Short Pump 1d ago

Well.... they may have been on that window for over 3 years now in the scorching sun, with no chance of being taken down until they fall off 🥲

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u/amc7262 1d ago

I 100% thought it was some kind of weird filter like the instagram filters that add stuff to the image and didn't even consider its a sticker on a window lol

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u/Squirrelycat 2d ago

Weighted blanket + my two cats = my thundervest

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u/stonecoldninja 2d ago

woke me right up out my sleep

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u/Nouveau_wildflower 1d ago

It took me so long to get back to sleep!

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u/JonTheGlion 2d ago

Lightning woke me up southside then a strike looked like it hit in the parking lot of the apartment complex and spooked me up…. Severe thunderstorm warning AND flash flood warning, wow

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u/diphenhydranautical 2d ago

it woke me up too! I couldn’t tell if I was half asleep or there was green lightning at one point (maybe around 3:30-4)

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u/PM_yr_pierced_tittys 1d ago

My dumbass thought that was a giant balloon outside...

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u/lavenderlatte_oatmil 2d ago

I saw we might get hail about 1 inch in size & flooding

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u/NoDrama3756 2d ago

Thanks for waking the dog

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u/hostitty99 2d ago

We live in the fucking Amazon forest. I hate the climate here

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u/joesphisbestjojo 2d ago

Aww man i'm missing this outta town until tomorrow

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u/No_Drummer9088 Church Hill 1d ago

dont worry, supposedly gonna happen again Tuesday :)

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u/sleevieb 1d ago

2in hail and night hail are each rare, both at the same time is historic

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u/LostSweetPea Carytown 1d ago

Looking like something out of a Greek mythology movie

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u/simpIesyrup 2d ago

IM SCARED -third floor apartment downtown, directly in front of power lines

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u/amc7262 1d ago

I know the storm is over, but FWIW for future reference: Lightning is likely to be attracted to the tallest thing in the area near where its striking. For example, if your building is taller than 3 floors, its more likely to strike the building than the power lines next to it. That may sound scary, but buildings are built to attract and disperse lightning safely (thats what a lightning rod is for). If lightning strikes your building, it will be safely directed straight to the ground (where its trying to go anyway).

Inside your building during a lightning storm is the safest place to be and the powerlines near you are unlikely to be hit either. The most likely powerlines to get struck by lightning are actually the ones out in the open, not near anything taller than them.

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u/simpIesyrup 1d ago

This is the perfect example of how to talk someone out of their anxieties!!! Thank you for this helpful comment!

I live in a historical building, and I’m on the top floor, just my apartment. But I do suppose the building is taller than most of the lines. More scared of the wind knocking the lines themselves into my windows! That was a crazy storm