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ohhhhhh lightning
That’s crazy!
I hate lightning
Wow so much
I never knew so much lightning could hapin at once!!
the lightning shook my house that night
wow I live in new Zealand and I could hear it too.
Cool
COOL
my dog hate storms she couldn’t sleep at all that night …..
I ike storms but this one was very loud
My dog started crying cause there was soooo much lightning!
I never thought lightning could strike that fast
I wonder if Hawkes bay is going to get this?
scary!!!!
One of my cows on my farm got hit on the tail and now he has no tail but he is all right
I woke up to my house shaking
that was crazy i saw most of the lightning strikes at my house in paraparaumu. I couldn’t belive my eyes.
A lot of Lightning!!
that is CRAZY!!!!!!!!!
amazing
I saw and heard that thunder and lightning i was so scared
when I was playing football it started raining so hard and lightning strikes a couple of metres away
My cat woke me up scard out of his fur
amazing and scary at the same time
I had to go out to get something from my car and I almost got hit
Wowza, my grandparents dog was full on shaking and crying all night.
My cat was so scared
I live in new Zealand and we could see all the lightning forks and I was insane and cool and my house shook a lot
wow im glad were safe
whew life can be scary
it was cool to see the lighting
We lost Power for 2 days
that night lighting struck around 2 km away and it was scary
i got to see lightning outside my house
