[Grovenet] T & L

[Ed Davie]

Right. Definitely the strongest storm since I've been here. 16 years, now.
Ed


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael O'Brien" <rune777 at verizon.net>
To: "Forest Grove local interests list" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] T & L


> At 04:26 PM 5/21/2006, Ed Davie wrote:
>>It didn't last long. Just like back in NY!  0.33 inches!
>
> I didn't stay out on the balcony for long, as it was obvious that 
> lightning strikes were happening all around me.  From the living room, as 
> it began to rain hard, I saw two bolts of lightning hit a couple trees 
> down on Thatcher Road.  Then, a couple minutes later, I saw another strike 
> a power pole about 300 feet down Watercrest hill.  The peal of thunder was 
> instantaneous and, of course, deafening.  My dog almost jumped into the 
> fireplace.  It must've hit a transformer, because I saw sparks, an 
> explosion and a puff of brown smoke.  But the power only went off for a 
> few seconds.
>
> This was one of the most powerful thunderstorms I've seen in my 22 years 
> in Forest Grove.  And I've never seen lightning strike something so close.
>
> Hoss, it looks from the radar like a thunderhead developed north of here 
> just as ours was arriving.  Check http://tinyurl.com/gkaow (be sure to 
> click "animate").
>
> There's another large cell moving north over the foothills of the Cascades 
> east of Salem.  It looks like it'll miss Portland, though.  Yet another 
> cell is moving in our direction from Corvallis, but so far it looks small.
>
> The Trojan implosion was nothing compared to these natural fireworks.
>
> Michael
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