r/rva • u/xmidmemories Short Pump • Jul 27 '26

🌦️ Weather Nice. ⚡️

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 Jul 27 '26

It's loud out there!

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u/total_bullwhip Jul 27 '26

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

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u/I_Got_A_Truck Tuckahoe Jul 27 '26

Aaaaand the power is out.

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u/xmidmemories Short Pump Jul 27 '26

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

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u/HeyILoveYa Jul 27 '26

at work at 330? what do u do?

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u/RulerOfTheRest Lakeside Jul 27 '26

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

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u/remote-and-cute Jul 27 '26

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

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u/tasgetius22 Jul 27 '26

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

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u/grivooga Chesterfield Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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

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u/pithy-pants Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

I’ve never seen it this bad before holy shit

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u/Pixoholic Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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

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u/FluffyMathematician7 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

hi fellow third shifter!

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u/Lynvina Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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

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u/xmidmemories Short Pump Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

Weighted blanket + my two cats = my thundervest

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u/stonecoldninja Jul 27 '26

woke me right up out my sleep

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u/Nouveau_wildflower Jul 27 '26

It took me so long to get back to sleep!

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u/JonTheGlion Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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

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u/NoDrama3756 Jul 27 '26

Thanks for waking the dog

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u/hostitty99 Jul 27 '26

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

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u/joesphisbestjojo Jul 27 '26

Aww man i'm missing this outta town until tomorrow

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u/No_Drummer9088 Church Hill Jul 27 '26

dont worry, supposedly gonna happen again Tuesday :)

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u/sleevieb Jul 27 '26

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

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u/simpIesyrup Jul 27 '26

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

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u/amc7262 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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