Thunderstorms in Poland

BevK:

I thought there was going to be a storm last night with the colour of the skies over Warsaw but no. Don't worry, those in Warsaw who are scared of storms, as long as I am here waiting eagerly to see these amazing storms you probably won't get any :)

spiritusThreads: 53 Posts: 253 Joined: Oct 25, 06	May 6, 09, 08:34 / #
What a terrifying experience are these eh ???? They don't mention these in the Lonely Planet guide to Poland ! In the UK we have a little rumble of thunder and occasionally Mr Lightning may decide to join in and this "meeting of elements" occurs approximately once a year. In Poland, the sky turns black, the cloud breaks and armageddon is a being played out over your head. It doesn't go away in a few minutes but can last a few hours and any childhood fears you had shaken off regarding thunderstorms come back to visit, turning you into a whimpering wreck who just wants to hide under the table. I really think Poland should do something about their thunderstorms as it's rather off putting for tourists.

frdThreads: 8 Posts: 1,956 Joined: Feb 3, 09	May 6, 09, 09:52 / #
I'd say thunderstorms are an interesting event of nature, and they may attract tourists rather then scare them off.. I love driving in the rain during a thuderstorm, listening to Riders on the storm.. and the air after a storm it is so fresh especially in the polluted Silesia ; )

NO 14Threads: 8 Posts: 54 Joined: Dec 15, 07	May 6, 09, 11:07 / #
I remember one of the worst storms in Pomorskie region (i was in Gdańsk at the time) back in the year 2000, It was July or August summer time, the weather was brilliant, very hot & not a cloud in the sky for days, suddenly, out from nowhere came clouds, rain & thunder & lightening, i have never experienced anything like it before or since. The rain was so bad that roads & buildings were collapsing, the thunder was so strong that i thought the house i was in was going to fall down. In the centre of Gdańsk was a kiosk across the road from the prison, it was built next to the railway line which was about 15-20meters below from this kiosk, a little old woman working there had to be evacuated due to the rain, just after she exited the kiosk it fell down onto the track. This was my worst experience by far of a storm, but i agree with "frd" they are very exciting to be a part of.

magdalenaGThreads: 7 Posts: 89 Joined: Apr 10, 09	May 6, 09, 11:28 / #
Thunderstorms in Poland are quite commonplace if you ask me ... I remember last summer that every friday night for weeks on end there seemed to be the mother of all thunderstorms , lasted a couple of hours & then gone !! ( or maybe I just had too much to drink after work !)

McCoyThreads: 46 Posts: 1,756 Joined: Jul 3, 08	May 6, 09, 12:19 / #
spiritus: Thunderstorms Lov'em. Especially the moment before. What about tornados in Poland:

BevKThreads: 18 Posts: 281 Joined: Mar 20, 09	May 6, 09, 12:55 / #
"Do something" about them? Like what exactly? LOL Anyway I love storms, they were always weedy and short lived in the UK.

wildroverThreads: 180 Posts: 8,188 Joined: Jun 7, 07	May 6, 09, 13:22 / #
BevK: Like what exactly? I suppose the government could ban them during the tourist season....and fine any that take place at the wrong times.... I quite like the storms , exept when the trees come down , and take out my power lines to the farm , we get some great storms here in the forest....

dtaylor5632Threads: 49 Posts: 4,459 Joined: May 2, 09	May 6, 09, 14:10 / #
Saying that, i think one is building up at the moment in Kraków. Could someone please inform the Government that i have to go to work and I don't have a rain-jacket? Pesky little storm must have slipped under the radar:(

djfThreads: 23 Posts: 204 Joined: Dec 18, 07	May 6, 09, 14:25 / #
spiritus: In the UK we have a little rumble of thunder and occasionally Mr Lightning may decide to join in and this "meeting of elements" occurs approximately once a year Dont know what part of the UK you are from but that isnt my experience especially during the flooding events in 2000 and 2007 and the storms of the late 80s. Massive storms lashing down rain, hail coupled with strong winds, thunder and lightning, not lasting a few hours but days. Lots of people with damaged property. Last year we had a series of storms that were very heavy with torrential rain during the summer, lots of "drowned rat" tourists. Joys of living in Lincolnshire!

RaficooThreads: 4 Posts: 45 Joined: Dec 2, 08	May 6, 09, 22:02 / #
well actually i love Thunderstorms.. they are an amazing part of nature! =) i've had some crazy experiences last summer... like once.. in Krakow, it was a nice, sunny, and quite hot day.. the temperature was about 32C!! everything looked nice. Later, me and my mom were going to the Post office to send some spices to a friend in another city.. on our way there.. alot of clouds started forming out of nowhere and fast... we went inside the post office and things outside turned black and grey quickly!! next thing i know, it starts to rain INSANELY and the winds Picked up fast!!! think that sounds crazy? well listen to this.. it Started to hail as if Hell's Winter just awoke! hail Hail Hail.. i could hear the balls fall everywhere.... the weather continued to go crazy for about 15minutes... finally when things calmed down.. i decided it was safe to go out.. the raining stopped but it was Cold!.. the whole Ground was covered with white snowy hail! the Temperature dropped from 32C to 18C!!!! and then a nice layer of cold fog started to form from all the ice that was melting on the ground... finally.. all the clouds started to disappear and the weather came back to being.....nice and sunny!!! although there was water everywhere and the temp was about 22C.

oeabelThreads: 2 Posts: 5 Joined: Mar 27, 09	May 7, 09, 16:01 / #
Reminds me of all those years in Kansas... Love 'em!

KapustaThreads: 5 Posts: 120 Joined: Apr 29, 09	Jun 10, 09, 01:56 / #
Fantastic pictures! Thanks. :)

red_devilThreads: 1 Posts: 40 Joined: Jun 12, 09	Jun 12, 09, 00:38 / #
I absoutely love thunderstorms, always have done! It makes me feel cosy in my house. I open the window and close the curtain and listen to the rain falling. What a wonderful expression of nature's power!

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,869 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER	Jun 12, 09, 00:45 / #
"To byłoby to lato już i słońce i szaleństwo burz" - Bajm "Piechotą do lata" I miss Polish thunderstorms in the Summer....

dtaylor5632Threads: 49 Posts: 4,459 Joined: May 2, 09	May 6, 09, 22:14 / #
Raficoo: think that sounds crazy? well listen to this.. it Started to hail as if Hell's Winter just awoke! Yep i remember that, it was soooooo cool, my gf almost had a heart attack when i went on the balcony as i love storms, even i didnt realise the hail was the size of golf balls, it done alot of damage that day :)

BevKThreads: 18 Posts: 281 Joined: Mar 20, 09	May 7, 09, 07:13 / #
dtaylor5632: the storms of the late 80s Yay, recent! Anyway in those storms it was mainly wind damage. I thought there was going to be a storm last night with the colour of the skies over Warsaw but no. Don't worry, those in Warsaw who are scared of storms, as long as I am here waiting eagerly to see these amazing storms you probably won't get any :)

BevKThreads: 18 Posts: 281 Joined: Mar 20, 09	Jun 8, 09, 09:02 / #
BevK: I thought there was going to be a storm last night with the colour of the skies over Warsaw but no. Don't worry, those in Warsaw who are scared of storms, as long as I am here waiting eagerly to see these amazing storms you probably won't get any :) I came back across this thread and now find it quite ironic :)

George8600Threads: 20 Posts: 1,114 Joined: Feb 19, 09	Jun 10, 09, 01:45 / #
I know right! I'm a thunderstorm lover, and especially out in the villages and rural areas of Poland where I have been the sky literally turns dark as black and you can feel the winds creeping up on you, and then that morbid silence and then BOOM mother nature strikes with hard rain and lightening. I love thunderstorms and when I was in Poland they were the best! Here are some pics taken in Poland, some of them are mine :-D. http://www.flickr.com/photos/imaginator8/2658096881/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/wajanpl/514721489/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cabrales/817658024/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/snake-eyes/705616395/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/24620634@N04/2744039933/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/xylixe/2662370718/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/piechotko/213361311/sizes/o/ My absolute favorite: http://www.flickr.com/photos/damnengine/2551095623/sizes/o/

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 [Suspended]	Jun 12, 09, 01:26 / #
Three weeks of thunderstorms...when will it end? :(

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Jun 12, 09, 12:03 / #
There's thunder outside even now. This thunder knows no end. I loved the tornado video. The gormless buffoons waited and then charged on into it, LOL.

George8600Threads: 20 Posts: 1,114 Joined: Feb 19, 09	Jun 12, 09, 18:02 / #
Seanus: I loved the tornado video. The gormless buffoons waited and then charged on into it, LOL. Lol, you could hear them, "wait for it, what is it, look at it, what's it doing"; then once it actually forms, he says "Drive forward" right into it. lmao I hope nobody was hurt though. :-(

PlasticPoleThreads: 10 Posts: 5,431 Joined: May 28, 09	Jun 12, 09, 18:04 / #
I always thought it would be cool to take a ride in a tornado.

ZosiaThreads: 3 Posts: 55 Joined: Aug 3, 08	Jun 14, 09, 12:18 / #
love love love thunderstorms! i'm in Poland right now and my first couple of nights here there were thunderstorms. so cool!

CzestochowaThreads: 12 Posts: 60 Joined: Mar 11, 07	Jun 15, 09, 18:22 / #
More weather shots: http://polish-blog.com/crazy-polish-weather/

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Jun 15, 09, 23:05 / #
We need a couple more to lift this humidity. I can barely breathe here in my flat which is just under the roof. The windows are open too.

szkotja2007Threads: 38 Posts: 2,544 Joined: Dec 29, 06	Jun 15, 09, 23:25 / #
Love Thunderstorms ! I always get a splittig sore head just before them - feels great afterwards.

aphrodisiacThreads: 22 Posts: 3,998 Joined: Apr 15, 09	Jun 15, 09, 23:46 / #
szkotja2007: I always get a splittig sore head just before them have you considered cutting down on spirits?;)

pawianThreads: 90 Posts: 5,396 Joined: May 30, 08	Jun 16, 09, 00:03 / #
Zosia: love love love thunderstorms! i'm in Poland right now and my first couple of nights here there were thunderstorms. so cool! I am afraid you haven`t lived through a real thunderstorm...... Go outside when it lasts :):):)

PlasticPoleThreads: 10 Posts: 5,431 Joined: May 28, 09	Jun 16, 09, 00:11 / #
Thunderstorms are nice when they aren't very strong. When the winds get to be about 250 mph they aint so great then.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Jun 19, 09, 13:59 / #
The latest one is upon us. It's as stuffy as hell, breathing is awkward.