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Originally Posted by Garyh
30m away would scare the c*** out of anyone! thats a close call!
I always check the radar loop at BOM and I notice the around Norah head and Lake Macquarie seem to have some severe storms.
Had a few nasty ones come through today actually and had to do some unplugging..
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Didn't do my live yacka which was in the water not far from where the lightning hit (with a puff of steam !!! and loud crack) much good either. Reeled it in a few minutes later and it was dead and stiff as a board.
This one came up very very quickly , and we figured it was riskier to try to walk off Nobbys Wall (a 3 km walk) as it approached than to take shelter under the tower.
Was very scarey .... I check the BOM radar loop aways now before going up the breakwalls to fish.
Was caught up there one pther day a couple of years ago when what can only described as tornado with everything caught me unawares .... lightning strikes all over the place , all I could do was shelter between two big 10 ton concrete blocks with my head between my knees and my rods reeled in and layed down , and the trolley and bait tank left take their chances parked up against the wall on top of the breakwater. Needless to say as soon there was a break in the wind and lightning I skiddaddled. Was there by myself and have to admit it was a very dangerous and scarey experience I'm in no rush to repeat ever again.
Yep the first storm today was a fizzer , a bit of distant rumbling and bit of a breeze and that was it.
The second one was very violent here at Gateshead , turned off and unplugged the powerboard the TV , DVD and HiFi are on, and unplugged the computers. Sounded like some close ground strikes and it was pretty dark , wild and nasty here for about an hour.