Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1305 on: September 20, 2026, 10:53:09 PM » Author: suzukir122
Columbus Ohio seems notorious for getting hit with random potent thunderstorms that form and then drop southeast, completely missing my area lol... this wasn't the case tonight, but I've noticed that a lot this year. Not sure if they were tornado warned or not though. Seems like thunderstorms are currently developing over Columbus right now.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1306 on: September 20, 2026, 11:00:56 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
Yep ! It sounds like the rain is starting to pick up a bit . It's been thundering on and off for the last 1/2 hr or so .
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1307 on: September 20, 2026, 11:10:33 PM » Author: suzukir122
I also forgot to mention that the power did go out for a brief moment, just after the tornado siren music shut off, while I was walking on the sidewalk just outside of my apartment, looking at the skies. I ran back inside when it started raining. When it was all done, I noticed that my smartplug for "Tandem 1," (the first two F30T12 fixtures in tandem, close to my window) was knocked out. I had to manually get it back online, which I ended up doing successfully. Seems like power outages can be brutal on smartplugs.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1308 on: September 20, 2026, 11:14:27 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
Yeah , voltage spikes can do BAD things !
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1309 on: September 20, 2026, 11:24:41 PM » Author: suzukir122
Yep! I had all of my lights off during this, since I wanted to see what was going on outside, so hopefully none of my lights saw any damage. All 14 fixtures seem to be working with no issues. That storm was a wake up call. I did not expect severe weather tonight.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1310 on: September 20, 2026, 11:35:37 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
I haven't watched any weather today so I had no idea this was coming .
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1311 on: September 20, 2026, 11:54:17 PM » Author: suzukir122
I'm about to correct my previous comment. I meant 14 fixtures, not 15... 11 F30T12 fixtures and 3 single lamp Trigger Start fixtures (one F15T12 and two F20T12's.) Those storms caught me off guard too. Had it not been for the Tornado Sirens, I would not have known there was incoming danger.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1312 on: September 21, 2026, 02:42:23 AM » Author: xmaslightguy
Quote from: suzukir122 hopefully none of my lights saw any damage. Its pretty unlikely that a magnetic-ballasted light would be damaged by power flickers or voltage spikes...unless you're talking a direct lightning strike. .lol. Now, electronic ballasts or those smart-plugs, they could be taken out by a spike or surge. Quote Had it not been for the Tornado Sirens, I would not have known there was incoming danger. Which is exactly why the sirens exist They did their job of warning you! ---- Had a round of non-severe thunderstorms move through my area tonight. Forecast mentioned the specific possibility of night storms starting a bit after dark. I was outside late afternoon & didn't see much chance at that time. Then looked out sometime after dinner & noticed clouds were starting to build.. ..and in a certain way I recognized, where I was like 'I think its gonna do it'. So I was kinda expecting something (& hoping for it too) Then I looked at radar a hour or so later, and sure enough little cells were starting to form They grew to a point where I decided its time to grab the camcorder ... was gonna go outside to watch & video, but the little storm had arrived. After it passed by, me the tripod & the camcorder went out for some stormwatching. .lol. They hit the nail right on the head with that forecast. (as did my look at the clouds & recognize a specific setup/possibility we get here & 'I think its gonna do it')
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1313 on: September 21, 2026, 05:02:38 AM » Author: suzukir122
@xmaslightguy, and to think there are actually some people out there that are *hoping* to get rid of tornado sirens. In states or parts of the country where tornadoes are well known to touchdown and be violent, it's...extremely idiotic... to take down tornado sirens, regardless of reasoning. Even if it's cost effective, it's a very stupid move. They save lives. The moment the tornado sirens here began winding up, I heard it immediately. They're very loud, as they should be. The girl in the apartment across the... ehh, sidewalk?... from me, also popped out of her apartment to take a look. She saw me walking on the sidewalk. I'm pretty sure by now she probably knows that if I'm taking a look at the storm or if I'm outside viewing it, it's probably serious. It think she may have taken cover shortly afterwards.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1314 on: September 21, 2026, 07:55:22 AM » Author: suzukir122
So I drove to Chic Fil A to get something to eat. During the drive there, as I turned into the neighborhood right behind my apartment complex, I quickly noticed there were some trees down, and that the entire neighborhood was without power. So the entire street was dark, other than the LED street lights. There was some damage from last nights storms.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1316 on: September 22, 2026, 11:53:55 PM » Author: suzukir122
@BuzzyBallast, over here we've got good weather on the way too. Lots of sunshine expected into this weekend, I believe, and very mild temps, down to 70 degrees. I haven't heard anything about the powerful storm set to hit the northeast, but I'm guessing it will probably be the extreme northeast, and not us here in Ohio.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1318 on: September 23, 2026, 12:12:25 AM » Author: suzukir122
We have been getting a lot of rain as well, but tons and tons of days of way too much heat and humidity. I'll take that over winter weather any day, but still, I don't like extreme heat.
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