Lightening & thunder myths?

[Peasie]

When you were growing up, what did you hear you should or should not do during a lightening storm?

We had to unplug all electrical appliances except the refridgerator

[kia027]

Re: Lightening & thunder myths?

True story
My m-i-l was at her home in FL talking on the phone with ar dawta when she literally saw lightning zig zag through her living room. Needless to say she hung up the phone

[Peasie]

Re: Lightening & thunder myths?

yuh mean is a myth that we can't talk on the phone during lightening?

[MsExced]

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not to use umbrella

[SandiF]

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Not to be in an open field.

I have a fond memory of my brother and I playing on the veranda during a heavy thunderstorm. As a wicked piece a lightening flash, di two a wi mek one big chuck off; like wi a Steve Austin inna some bag of cement that were stacked up in a corner. To this day, any time I see a lightening, I remember that childhood episode and laugh to myself.

Miss my bro so much... almost 4 years. :bawl:

[Peasie]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ms Exced</div><div class="ubbcode-body">not to use umbrella </div></div>oh yes. dis one.

[Peasie]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SandiF</div><div class="ubbcode-body">As a wicked piece a lightening flash, di two a wi mek one big chuck off; like wi a Steve Austin inna some bag of cement </div></div>
@ di two of unno.

(((((SandiF)))))

[Peasie]

Lightening

When we were visiting with our grandparents in the country, we had to cover all the mirrors in the house during lightening.

Anybody ever did this? Or was it only my Manchester family?

[Wendy]

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Is only fi yuh mad people did do dat

Mi memba di umbrella warning and not to climb tree.

[Tulip]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peasie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">When you were growing up, what did you hear you should or should not do during a lightening storm?

We had to unplug all electrical appliances except the refridgerator </div></div>


God is talking.

Get off the phone or lightening going to come through the phone line and strike you in the ear.

Stop cooking.

Get in the bed.

(My mom still gets in the bed till this day. Oh, and she will also stop in the middle of cooking.)

[Tulip]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SandiF</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Not to be in an open field.

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I had not heard it growing up, but there might be some truth to this one.

When I was in school, two students at UNO got struck walking across an open field. I always thought you get struck from the top but it struck a tree and traveled the ground and blew them right out their shoes.

True story. They didn't survive. I still pick my feet up off the floor when there's lightning and thunder.

[Tulip]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ms Exced</div><div class="ubbcode-body">not to use umbrella </div></div>

I only use all plastic umbrellas, but I came up with that one on my own. It just doesn't seem right to be walking around outside holding a metal lighting rod up over my head.

[Wendy]

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.. and move away from windows.

[kia027]

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i guess if you have braces you may need to head inside as well

[Wendy]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kia</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> i guess if you have braces you may need to head inside as well </div></div>

BOAL ... eida dat or mek sure yuh tap kin yuh teet when lightening a strike