Lawd have mercy! Look at this pic of thunderstorm over NYC:

[Are_grits_groceries]

http://tinyurl.com/6rzo5op
(Taken by Dhani Jones. It was over Queens while his plane circled LaGuardia)

I don't know exactly what weather formation that is, but I don't like it.

[GarroHorus]

1. That's hail n/t

[Are_grits_groceries]

4. I am also talking about the vortex

that seems to be forming. I know it's probably hail.

[targetpractice]

20. I think the "vortex" is an artifact of the Instagram filter...

I wish the person who took this photo just used the plain ole iPhone camera... They were probably more interested in tweeting than capturing an awesome image.

[Are_grits_groceries]

23. That could be.

The hail is bad enough. It's the rotation that concerns me.

[aquart]

7. Yeah, banging on my 7-ft windows.

ABC news says it's all over the ground in Soho.

[malaise]

2. Wow!!

Damn - stay safe DUers

[HooptieWagon]

3. Microburst??

[Are_grits_groceries]

9. That's the best guess if there

is no rotation. A microburst is straight line winds downward.

[RagAss]

5. Looks like the 3pm storm in Daytona...and the 5pm storm in Tampa, every summer afternoon.

Nothing against NYC - but when it comes to weather you are known for your whining.

[Are_grits_groceries]

11. Excuse me?

I live in SC and see big thunderstorms all the time. This particular one is a little different than what I usually see.

As for whining, what's it to you. I whine at the heat and whatever too now and then and I get it every summer. If they are experiencing temperatures that they aren't used to then I don't blame them for whining.

[RagAss]

13. You see thunderstorms like Florida?

I grew up in NYC. Moved to Florida in my 30's. Trust me I know what I posted.

[Are_grits_groceries]

16. Are you kidding?

I am in South Carolina. Yes, we see bigass thunderstorms all the time. Trust me. I know what I see.

[onehandle]

6. There's this movie...

[closeupready]

8. Yes, it's pouring, and thundering very loudly, but

this isn't the most alarming rain we've ever had, it's just a normal thunderstorm.

[Lawlbringer]

10. Looking out the window of my work building

it looks like armageddon. My wife down in Coney Island told me that there hasn't even been a drop.


Without fail, though, the last 5 times it's rained, it started coming down just as I was getting off of the train.

Will it hold up until I at least get home (or halfway?) or will Mother Nature laugh at me and dump all over my head?

[markpkessinger]

12. Yeah -- I got caught walking in it! n/t

[snooper2]

14. picture taken by a quality camera from the 1940's

[Are_grits_groceries]

19. It's 'Instagram.' nt

[Walk away]

15. I have been looking right across the river at it!!!

The dogs started to cry about 10 minutes ago. I sure am glad my neighbor took that 100 year old oak down this year. Batten down the hatches!

[Renew Deal]

17. Is that today?

The instagram framing of the picture distorts it.

[Are_grits_groceries]

18. Yes. nt

[aquart]

21. Lightning strike.

Posted on Twitter by Keith Olbermann. That's the Bloomberg building.

https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/225694362300997635/photo/1

[dipsydoodle]

22. I think that occurence is known as

shit creek.

[Scuba]

24. Be careful, it's a Romney vortex, known to suck the life and money out of everything.