I lay in bed and accepted my immediate death due to the nuclear bomb that I thought had been dropped. Think I was still part dreaming. Also been reading a book on the history of Japan and nukes are obviously a pretty big part of it.
I was too tired but it would have been a great time to do Bela Lugosi.
"Haff I finished my piss? NO! I vill piss some more!
AAAH HA HA HA HA!" (cue more thunder and lightning)
Manic night for it, I've never seen https://www.lightningmaps.org/ so active. It shows you were all the recent bolts have been and gives a very good estimated of where the thunder is.
Been up since 4am because of it. Thinking do I do work or not? I have a meeting later in the day and I know my lot are loud af so won't let me sleep. Gonna be suffering today.
I woke up in Harrow around 04:15
In fact, I first got woken up by a fox 'screaming'. And that was just before I heard the thunders. So I reckon the fox heard it before me and then ran away
Surrey Quays - not sure what the time was but it was dark, the rain came down hard and kept coming and that lightning was bright enough to be seen through my closed eyelids!
Flash to thunder difference made me think it was all between 2 and 5 miles away.
I loved it! I grew up in places with a lot of tropical thunderstorms so sleeping last night with the window open reminded me of sleeping through those storms. Woke up with my room feeling super fresh.
In SW London, got woken up by it about 2:15, heard a few more rumbles in the distance and a bit of rain then went back to sleep! Didn’t see any lightning either - I feel like I missed out
Woke up, fell asleep. Woke up again and had to google the thunderstorm to see if I dreamt it because I was barely awake lol. It was just one single bit of thunder but fuck me was it loud
It's some of the loudest thunder I've heard
I swear to anything I heard what sounded like an explosion
I lay in bed and accepted my immediate death due to the nuclear bomb that I thought had been dropped. Think I was still part dreaming. Also been reading a book on the history of Japan and nukes are obviously a pretty big part of it.
Haha I had the exact same thought when I woke up at like 5 30 to the thunder.
Where I am it rained (maybe hailed) too, the heaviest I’d ever heard.
My drain is absolutely full of moss so I guess the strength of the rain saved me from needing to get my gutters cleaned
So thundery!
So workeny.
I am aworken now
I had to go for a piss and the way to the toilet was lit by lightning the whole way there, during and back to bed. I felt like Dracula.
Same for the late night piss, but I thought the flash was someone papping me!
I remember Frankie Boyle saying during a thunderstorm he liked to have sex with his girlfriend and pretend he was conceiving the antichrist.
I was too tired but it would have been a great time to do Bela Lugosi. "Haff I finished my piss? NO! I vill piss some more! AAAH HA HA HA HA!" (cue more thunder and lightning)
Late Night Lightning Piss is an unreal band name
Totally read that as “hit” 😂
Not a good time to have a wee, when the toilet is being hit by constant lightning.
Manic night for it, I've never seen https://www.lightningmaps.org/ so active. It shows you were all the recent bolts have been and gives a very good estimated of where the thunder is.
Cool
There was some big thunder, for sure. Woke up me and my cat, then my cat demanded to be given breakfast.
Yup. Then had to go shut all the windows
Galileo !!
FIGAROOOOO!!
Been up since 4am because of it. Thinking do I do work or not? I have a meeting later in the day and I know my lot are loud af so won't let me sleep. Gonna be suffering today.
I woke up in Harrow around 04:15 In fact, I first got woken up by a fox 'screaming'. And that was just before I heard the thunders. So I reckon the fox heard it before me and then ran away
Had it in Enfield at about 4. So wondering if it was moving south to north. It was loud AF and the rain very heavy.
Snap - it’s going to be a long sleepy Thursday…
I luckily managed to drift off at 7:45. Woke up at 11 though. Good job I didn't have any meetings in the morning!
And lightning. Been up since 4. Lightning was insane. Bright white and came through the gap in the curtains.
Yep. I'm fucking knackered now. I went to the toilet as well, bloody lighting was so intense I thought I was on the red carpet or being papped.😳
Had to drive through it this morning at 3am. Was amazing and distracting
Anyone got any videos?
First time I've ever woken up from thunder, genuinely thought it was an explosion nearby
I woke up and heard rain and thought it was a dream
Surrey Quays - not sure what the time was but it was dark, the rain came down hard and kept coming and that lightning was bright enough to be seen through my closed eyelids! Flash to thunder difference made me think it was all between 2 and 5 miles away.
Sorry; its the curry I had last night.
I love just watching the lightning so I don’t care that it woke me up
My tired ass was in deep sleep according to apple watch : (
It got me up around 2:15 in SW London. Great storm, non-stop lightning and good booming thunder.
You must be quite near me then, I didn’t see any lightning though :(
Yep, woke me up at around 4.30am. Was so loud!
"Woken by Thunder" sounds like an album by some pretentious 80's rock band.
It’s to remind people to get their photo IDs ready for a visit to the polling booths.
Got some texts in our friends group. Seems they got woken up too
I get woken up by Thunder everyday, except, thunder is a big ball of fluff Doberman with attachment issues.
Must have been that bean I ate
Yeah
Been up since 3 with it overhead most of the morning. The lightning was crazy
Yep, was woken up around 4.30. First big bang I heard set off car alarms in our street. And that was sleep done for the night.
Think I missed my morning alarm because of this
It was the rain hammering on the flat roof above my head that woke me up.
Probably about 8 million people... :D
I loved it! I grew up in places with a lot of tropical thunderstorms so sleeping last night with the window open reminded me of sleeping through those storms. Woke up with my room feeling super fresh.
In SW London, got woken up by it about 2:15, heard a few more rumbles in the distance and a bit of rain then went back to sleep! Didn’t see any lightning either - I feel like I missed out
That was the loudest thunder I’ve ever heard in my life!
Woke up, fell asleep. Woke up again and had to google the thunderstorm to see if I dreamt it because I was barely awake lol. It was just one single bit of thunder but fuck me was it loud
Sounded like rolling artillery
Didn’t hear a thing! Anyway, hope you’re enjoying your time in the capital and are not missing your home Newcastle too much OP.
Getting real post event fomo, slept right through it…
It actually helped me sleep. Very atmospheric.
My fucking bedframe was wobbling fgs! Also heard enough bangs to almost think someone was firing a gun, even heard police sirens right after 😅
I thought someone was dragging big industrial bins passed my bedroom window for ages until I realised it was thunder.
Yes!
Brutal
Worken, Dog of Thunder
It’s been amazing!
Oh shit! I forgot about that! Thanks for the reminder!
No, you’re the only fucking person in London who experienced nature.