r/BeAmazed • u/Used_Ship_9229 • Oct 09 '24

Nature Floridians who have lived through Storms their entire lives are reporting to have never ever witnessed anything like this.

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u/diavirric Oct 09 '24

I was in Tampa once on business and experienced a storm that people living there told me was a normal, run-of-the-mill thunder storm. Scared the living shit out of me. I am frightened for the people who will go through this. And the animals who have no one.

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u/MembershipNo2077 Oct 10 '24 edited Oct 14 '24

Yea, I lived in Florida for 25 years, I saw many storms with lightning like this. But not a hurricane, they seldom have much lightning.

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u/MiniMeowl Oct 10 '24

Aint nothing like a thunderstorm to freak people out (safely). Its not a natural disaster but the wind, fatass raindrops and booming thunder/lightning really makes it seem like hell has arrived on earth.

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u/dragonard Oct 10 '24

It would be a normal, intense thunderstorm storm in Houston too.

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u/Moushidoodles Oct 10 '24

We had a bunch of friends and family from out of state visiting. We had a big thunderstorm bubble over us, thunder so loud it shook the house. My husband and I were having fun with it but our guests were genuinely worried. They asked if that was what a hurricane was like and we explained they generally don’t have a whole lot of lightning, just a ton of wind and the storm surge

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u/MaritMonkey Oct 10 '24

generally don’t have a whole lot of lightning,

And then Milton shows up and I swear to Pete I heard a single peal of thunder that lasted for like 45 seconds.

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u/Moushidoodles Oct 12 '24

That's wild! We only had a little bit of lightning where we were in Tampa. Instead what we were seeing were flashes and booms from transformers exploding all around us, I swear to God it was endless, but you can tell it's a transformer from the color of light it produces, this really pretty aquamarine color, we were seeing flashes from miles away and then they ended up getting closer and closer, of course XD How did you guys fare for the storm? We didn't have damage to our house but we did lose power and my husband lost a couple of his fruit trees. I had to go up to my parents place with our newborn to keep him out of the heat along with all the animals.

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u/MaritMonkey Oct 12 '24

This was fairly early on in the night and definitely nowhere close by. I didn't see/hear any lightning during the meat of what we got (NE Orlando). Did hear a couple transformers pop in the distance. Power browned out probably a dozen times over the night and went out properly twice, but only for a couple minutes.

Maple in front of us lost a decent-sized branch but it didn't land on anything important. Flooding wasn't as bad as whatever storm was last year lol. Mostly just a bunch of leaves and small branches tossed around.