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Hi all
Heres my pics of this rare weather event.
Not in my 42 years can I ever recall such darkness beginning round 4pm. At its peak it was so dark car headlights were throwing visible beams onto the roads and streetlights were coming on. Tripod was mandatory for my shots.
After it began to clear from the west I got the Sun thru the 6 inch f3.6 Cometracker and no solar filter either!
The smell of the smoke was overpowering.
The light rain that fell had ash in it, making a kind of mud that was VERY hard to wash off even with detergent. Tonight the radio reported a big lineup of cars at local carwashes as drivers sought to clean their cars.
Finally, to add more excitement, an hour ago, while outside with the folks chatting, I saw a MASSIVE green glow lighting up the NE sky, somthing really big blew, the lights went out then came back on after a good 3 seconds, about 10 seconds later a very loud sizzle crackle sound was heard, so whatever it was was a long way off.
What a wierd few weeks of weather. First, hail bigger then golf balls, then a "polar outbreak" bringing snow to the Barrington tops, just a few hours from here, now hot spring temperatures with a rare very dense smoke event. Gee whats next, a volcano?, a tsunami? those are about the only 2 things Newcastle hasnt had.... yet.
Note, nearby Jesmond and parts of Wallsend was hit by a tornado when I was little, it totalled some places at jesmond.
Scott
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