Blimey! After a very dry, hot day there was the loudest hailstone storm here in the Pennines at about 11:30 last night that I've ever experienced, which went on for about half-an-hour. I'd been listening to Beethoven's Ghost Trio; the storm started in the First Movement, and the Second was inaudible because of the hailstones hitting the roof and windows - it really did sound like an angry crowd was chucking pebbles at the house ("Not again!", I thought). The street was gushing with water, so there must have been a mixture of rain and hail, and the ground couldn't be seen as the gutters tried to cope. Real apocalyptic stuff (thunder and lightning, too) - simultaneously scary and exciting!
This morning - slightly cloudy but, apart from a couple of damp patches on the road, and a lot of leaf and petal fall, no evidence of the storm. Reports on "Streetlife", though, of damage to "property" from a couple of contributors who bought their conservatories cheap!
Going onto the Met Office site and looking up "the last 24 hours", my area is described as having a "clear night"!!!
This morning - slightly cloudy but, apart from a couple of damp patches on the road, and a lot of leaf and petal fall, no evidence of the storm. Reports on "Streetlife", though, of damage to "property" from a couple of contributors who bought their conservatories cheap!
Going onto the Met Office site and looking up "the last 24 hours", my area is described as having a "clear night"!!!
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