Comments on: Wind buffets Ballard, knocks down wires

By: briansutherland

briansutherland — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:03:27 +0000

there was already a cop there and it was bumper to bumper traffic, an ambulance was already on the way too. But thanks pointing that out : )

By: ktown69

ktown69 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:59:38 +0000

Back to Briansutherland 18 hours ago…if you saw the car hit the tree, why were you wondering if the driver was hurt? Oh, didn't you stop?? Nice. I do hope she/he is OK.

By: chenaridge

chenaridge — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:55:32 +0000

Yes, I saw it while I was coming down the Phinney Ridge hill towards Ballard. I couldn't figure it out. Is the conclusion that it was a transformer going (or should I continue to think “maybe aliens”)?

By: SPG

SPG — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:20:34 +0000

Just heard some more thunder…

By: Gene1

Gene1 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:37:46 +0000

Former resident of “Tornado Alley” (aka central Texas) here. I thought Mother Nature was a mean ol' broad back home, but, boy, what a grump she was last night!

Things might be bigger in Texas (and sadder, given yesterday's tragedy), but last night's storm was no slouch in the scary-weather department. I'm hoping today doesn't bring us a repeat. Stay safe, everybody.

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:12:00 +0000

I guess I wasn't imagining it, the lightening really was that close. The cats were freaked (Dash did his 'thundering herd' impression).

By: Ballardmom

Ballardmom — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:17:43 +0000

But having lived in CA and here you probably sleep through earthquakes now ;)

By: Silver

Silver — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:48:43 +0000

Well, worst for a few hours anyway.

I just heard on the radio that we have an 80% chance of thunderstorms today.

By: walt

walt — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:47:50 +0000

I saw the last of the three blue flashes after my son told me to look toward the southern sky as he'd seen the previous two.

VERY WEIRD! I've never seen anything like it. Extremely bright, and smurf blue (not green as others have reported).

needless to say, I won't accuse my son of crying wolf again!

By: BallardGirl

BallardGirl — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:45:51 +0000

Growing up in Kansas, I loved thunder storms, but frequently slept through them. Now being in Seattle for a few years, (after a stint in CA), I've become rather sensitive to thunder apparently. And this storm was epic!!! It actually woke me up – the flash, instantaneous thunder, and hail on the window – absolutely awesome! And Silver – yes – this was very similar to the storms in Kansas. How I miss them!

By: eric

eric — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:00:41 +0000

pretty wild – the cat wasn't very happy about the thunder, thats for sure.

By: Ballardmom

Ballardmom — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:59:42 +0000

I've lived in Seattle the majority of my life and this is only the second time I've ever seen lightning strike so close to the city. The other time was something like 1999 – the time where the transformer blew up outside my apartment as referenced in an earlier comment. I know that a lot of damage can come from these big storms but at the same time the kid in me thinks they're really exciting!

By: Ballardmom

Ballardmom — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:57:54 +0000

Well, you did say “storms, rain and grey”! I remember being in a thunder storm where the lightening hit in the parking lot outside my hotel room and I opened the curtains to see five inches of snow. I'd never seen a thunder storm and snow before. This one tonight was quite a doozy. Reminded me of the storms when we lived in Georgia.

By: Ballardmom

Ballardmom — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:55:23 +0000

=yaaaaaawn= yeah, that thunder and hail woke me up too. Now I'm wide awake. Sigh. It WAS pretty impressive though. The hail was actually almost as loud as the thunder for a minute, the way it was roaring down on the whole house and banging up against the west facing windows. I went in my daughter's room thinking she'd be scared and all she did was grumble, “It's so loud and I'm sleepy!” then, “You. Stay!”

By: Silver

Silver — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:54:28 +0000

According to the Western Washington Radar Loop the worst may be past us now.

By: Silver

Silver — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:52:11 +0000

Emergency crews are reporting that the lights are out in North Seattle.

By: David Anthony Tobin Bentler

David Anthony Tobin Bentler — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:51:44 +0000

Even now, I can still hear thunder moving north of us.

By: David Anthony Tobin Bentler

David Anthony Tobin Bentler — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:50:49 +0000

We just six lightning strikes within about a five minute period here right next to Carkeek. It was unbelievable!

By: Silver

Silver — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:50:29 +0000

Hearing reports of lightning strikes, and roof/tree fires around the city.

Right now I can see distant flashes out past Capitol Hill.

Man! That must be what it's like to live in Kansas!

By: briansutherland

briansutherland — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:47:33 +0000

this is the biggest storm i've seen in seattle. Lighting is about 4 blocks away from our house.

By: AlanBarton

AlanBarton — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:24:38 +0000

It is an El Nino year so we should get a lot of storms, rain and grey but the snow shouldn't hit like it did last year.

Ok 10 minutes after I posted this the hail, lightning and thunder roll in. What do I know?

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:23:37 +0000

Ack! Hope not. I fall down easily. ;-)
No, I was only referencing the wind storms, not the snow storms (I don't even wanna think about snow and ice yet!)

By: Ballardmom

Ballardmom — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:01:22 +0000

Do you think we're going to get crazy snow like last year? I doubt it but at the same time I can't help but wonder …

By: Silver

Silver — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:43:57 +0000

Yes, and burglar alarms can go off when the wind rattles window and door sensors!

By: AlanBarton

AlanBarton — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:36:44 +0000

Thanks Silver!

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:24:57 +0000

Totally nuts. The light pole in front of my apartment is looking a little wobbly. Storm season is here once again.

By: Silver

Silver — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:24:52 +0000

More cool power flash info.

By: NoraBell

NoraBell — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:23:19 +0000

Ha! Fireman humor.

By: Silver

Silver — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:22:18 +0000

Check this out: What causes a transformer explosion to be green?

By: Silver

Silver — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:17:04 +0000

West Seattle has wires down, too.

Dispatch to firefighter, “Can you tell if the wires are hot?”

Firefighter to Dispatch, ” Not without touching them!”