Donder und Blitzen!

[DenGar]

http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en

[John Gray]

Sadly, the map is not self-explanatory.

[DenGar]

Sadly, the map is not self-explanatory.

Almost real time lightning strikes. (Sorry, I thought the subject line (thunder and lightning, albeit in German) would be sufficient.)

[HansV]

It's not that hard to understand either...

[Rudi]

When I first read the title to this thread, I thought it was about Donner and Blitzen, Santa's reindeer...

[mishmish3000]

Well, it's thundering here right now so I'm turning off the computer! See ya!

[ChrisGreaves]

Sadly, the map is not self-explanatory.

OK. Try this:
(I have identified the TStorm that woke me at three this morning before heading on to terrify small children in the St Lawrence valley ...)

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[ChrisGreaves]

http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en

Nice one; thanks. Added to my "weather" toolbar.

[John Gray]

Sadly, the map is not self-explanatory.

Almost real time lightning strikes. (Sorry, I thought the subject line (thunder and lightning, albeit in German) would be sufficient.)

I thought the map was referring to explosive kebabs!

[BobH]

It's even more fun when you click on the Detectors and Sounds buttons.

[DenGar]

It's even more fun when you click on the Detectors and Sounds buttons.

Clicking the Sounds button doesn't do anything on my laptop. Should I be hearing something?

[HansV]

The sounds work for me in Firefox (31) but not in Internet Explorer (11).

[Rudi]

It works in Chrome too...though it sounds like a small crackle. At first I thought some port was receiving too mach power and was shooting sparks...

[mishmish3000]

That's great stuff! And yes, in Chrome, it sounds sort of like a Geiger counter.

[DenGar]

The sounds work for me in Firefox (31) but not in Internet Explorer (11).

Alas, I use IE11.

[Claude]

Very nice, good resource, thanks.

It's actually Donner not Donder, Donders are the kebabs

[HansV]

To play Lounge Pedant for a moment: the names of Santa's reindeer were originally Dunder and Blixem; this was later changed to Donder and Blixen, and finally to Donner and Blitzen in 'Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer'.

See Donner or Dunder

The name of the kebabs is doner (with one n), from the Turkish döner.

[Rudi]

To play Lounge Pedant for a moment...

You may want to lay low for a while as John might seek you out and Blitzen you for taking over that role!

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[Claude]

My very first Lounge Pedant entry: You need Blitzen to make Donner, so the topic to this thread should be Blitzen und Donner

[HansV]

Himmeldonnerwetter noch einmal!