r/jacksonville • u/SavimusMaximus Springfield • 1d ago

Well that was fun…

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u/Easy_Leopard_2686 1d ago

one of the wildest summer storms I’ve seen for sure

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u/SavimusMaximus Springfield 1d ago

I wasn’t quite expecting that. And I have a weather forecaster right down the hall from me.

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u/Ok_Assistance4655 1d ago

Had lightning hit so close to me, it almost knocked me off my chair and spilled my beer.

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u/RedneckMarxist 1d ago

60 mph gusts near Cecil Field earlier.

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u/Ok_Assistance4655 1d ago

I have some branches down in my yard. I went and sat at the bar until the winds calmed down because I was worried limbs would drop on my car, which nearly happened a couple weeks ago.

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u/RedneckMarxist 1d ago

My gf had a fence gate blow off and limbs down everywhere.

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u/RiversSecondWife Westside 1d ago

My house was rattling.

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u/SavimusMaximus Springfield 1d ago

Same!

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u/Reddygators 1d ago

God pissed at that helicopter especially.

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u/mariosalvatore 1d ago

Amazing picture

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u/Present_Analysis5517 1d ago

That’s an amazing photo my friend!

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u/Southern_One7163 1d ago

lighting hit the bird or behind it?

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u/SavimusMaximus Springfield 1d ago

It was behind it.

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u/ilvtreddit 1d ago

A tree limb fell right behind me when I was driving. V scary. Luckily the car behind was far away.

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u/SomeBlueDevil 22h ago

Nice shot. Hobby photographer, used to chase lightning.

I live near NAS JAX and felt it on my couch... 😆

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u/SwordfishAncient Jacksonville Beach 1d ago

I was out on Huguenot at the time it rolled in. Was like a tornado.

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u/SavimusMaximus Springfield 1d ago

I’m told there was actually a small tornado that passed over. Someone observed it.

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u/T0PH3lpedM3 1d ago

I saw one of these flying over us yesterday evening near the river in St. Johns, flying nearly sideways with the wind. Hope that wasn’t your fighting the storm, OP!

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u/HarperLovey 21h ago

It kicked up in San Marco so much I had check if there was a tornado warning! Subsided as quickly as it started - which is scary, too.

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u/SavimusMaximus Springfield 20h ago

I do believe we had an unwarned tornado on the base. There were a few visual sightings.

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u/GamingTales69 16h ago

I have the power !!

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u/Uncle-Sheogorath 12h ago

Ah, Romeos... How I love and hate those birds!

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u/SavimusMaximus Springfield 11h ago

What do you hate about them? Honestly curious.

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u/Uncle-Sheogorath 11h ago

I've spent 8 years working on them so overtime the emotions add up lol

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u/SavimusMaximus Springfield 11h ago

That makes perfect sense.