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riverratmike · #1 Postby **riverratmike** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:21 pm

Hello everyone. I'm new to this forum. I am a amuteur lightning photographer. I live here in LHC, AZ where the lightning can get very intense and is beautiful and the same time. I'm always outside with my camera every chance I get. Here are some of my images.

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riverratmike · #2 Postby **riverratmike** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:30 pm

riverratmike · #3 Postby **riverratmike** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:39 pm

took this one from my driveway July 28th 2004 during the start of the AZ monsoon season

riverratmike · #4 Postby **riverratmike** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:56 pm

pm4me · #5 Postby **pm4me** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 3:08 am

Those are great photos! Thanks for sharing!

Miss Mary · #6 Postby **Miss Mary** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 6:45 am

Welcome to Storm2K riverratmike! Very impressive pictures! Thanks so much for posting them. Gives me shivers to view them but they're awesome in all their splendor at the same time.

We have two active AZ posters that come to mind - azsnowman and azskyman. Look them up when you have time. Both love living in AZ also.

Check out our off topic forum when wx is dull too. Not right now, but when it's calm across the country, OT is a busy place.

Mary

#7 Postby **azskyman** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:39 am

Indeed Welcome Aboard! As one of a handful of Arizona representatives here on Storm2k, good to see you and learn of your interest in weather (and espcially lightning). A VERY occasional visitor here, ArizWx actually has been very involved with some national lightning network work out of the Tucson area.

I live in NE Phoenix, and the other more frequent visitor to Storm2k..is Dennis in Pinetop...at the opposite end of the state from you.

Glad to have you on board. You are right about lightning here...often as crisp and clear as you depict in your great photos because of the high base storms that roam the state.

Steve in Scottsdale

#8 Postby **wx247** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:51 am

Beautiful pictures.

I used to have a great aunt who lived in Parker, AZ not far from you. We always enjoyed traveling to Lake Havasu City to see the London Bridge and other sites.

Come back often!

NWIASpotter · #9 Postby **NWIASpotter** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:06 am

Those are some great pictures that you have. I have tried to get lightning photos, but I just don't have the right equipment. Welcome to Storm2k, I'm sure it will be fun for you as well as the rest of us.

#10 Postby **CaptinCrunch** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:24 am

Welcome to Storm2K riverratmike! :layout:

riverratmike · #11 Postby **riverratmike** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 6:13 pm

thanks everyone, is this the correct forum to post lightning images? cause I have quite a few. If you go to my profile you can see more of them. looks like the AZ monsoon as ended for now so won't be posting that much unless something comes up. Here's a photo I took last year Aug 2003. This cloud was dumping tons of rain, never seen anything like this before....

breeze · #12 Postby **breeze** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:37 pm

Those are awesome photos, riverratmike!
Thanks for sharing them with us! And, welcome
to Storm2K!

kmanWX · #13 Postby **kmanWX** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 7:23 pm

amuteur lol....amuteur is someone that dont know what their doing and take photos of the sky while they claim it was lighting at the time and have the nerve to posted it online and show the other's lmao....

Those photos are not "amuteur" like they are professional like. I like them alot..

riverratmike · #14 Postby **riverratmike** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 7:33 pm

yeah your right, well I've always been interested in the weather and just last year I got my first digital camera where I have the feature of having a open shutter. So every chance I get now when I see lightning I'll be out taking photos of it.

kmanWX wrote:amuteur lol....amuteur is someone that dont know what their doing and take photos of the sky while they claim it was lighting at the time and have the nerve to posted it online and show the other's lmao....

Those photos are not "amuteur" like they are professional like. I like them alot..

Tri-State_1925 · #15 Postby **Tri-State_1925** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 6:05 pm

Very cool photos, man. Looks like you've seen your share of serious weather out in AZ. Wow, I've seen a few clouds dropping heavy rain from a distance before, but what's going on in that photo definitely takes the cake.

riverratmike · #16 Postby **riverratmike** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 10:57 pm

Tri-State_1925 wrote:Very cool photos, man. Looks like you've seen your share of serious weather out in AZ. Wow, I've seen a few clouds dropping heavy rain from a distance before, but what's going on in that photo definitely takes the cake.

thanks it was amazing to see! I'll never forget it. There was lightning in that storm also that day. Unbelievable how much rain that cloud is dumping. I've only lived here in AZ for 2 years now and have already seen some incredible storms!

#17 Postby **Aslkahuna** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:50 pm

You'll see lots more nice boomers-August 25,2003 we had a severe boomer here with lots of wind damage and street flooding though our big storm last year was a monster on July 25th. BTW I am the forgotten AZ poster-often it seems convenient to forget me. I was Chief of the Fort Huachuca Met Team from 1986-95 and have lived in the "Place of Thunder" since 1986. I am also an active storm chaser both here and in the Plains and have witnessed a number of AZ tornadoes.

Steve

Miss Mary · #18 Postby **Miss Mary** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 6:09 am

Aslkahuna wrote:You'll see lots more nice boomers-August 25,2003 we had a severe boomer here with lots of wind damage and street flooding though our big storm last year was a monster on July 25th. BTW I am the forgotten AZ poster-often it seems convenient to forget me. I was Chief of the Fort Huachuca Met Team from 1986-95 and have lived in the "Place of Thunder" since 1986. I am also an active storm chaser both here and in the Plains and have witnessed a number of AZ tornadoes.

Steve

Aslkahuna - oops sorry, from now on I won't forget YOU! I guess when I think of AZ members, it goes back to our days on TWC boards - a long time ago. But that's silly - we certainly have more than 2 members from AZ at Storm2K now, as you pointed out!

Again, my apologies.

Mary

#19 Postby **Aslkahuna** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 6:00 pm

on the TWC Board (still am in fact) but with a different handle and before that I was a Mod on the old TWCForum in Compuserve for 5 years.

Steve
8-)

Guest · #20 Postby **Guest** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 6:14 pm

Hello and welcome to Storm2K riverratmike!

Great to have you here. Those are some awesome shots btw!

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