Matt10 Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Does anyone know what exactly happens at Thorpe when there is a thunder and lightning storm with operations and which rides may stay open and if it is scheduled for near enough the whole day will the park open? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mattgwise Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 When I was at the park during a storm all of the rides I could see temporarily ceased operation. X may have stayed open, but didn't see that. The storm passed over in about 20 mins and everything reopened. Never known them to fully close the park. But then we don't tend to get whole days of thunderstorms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Project LC Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 During a thunderstorm when I was there all rides ceased operations except X and angry birds which remained open. Oh and the dodgems may have remained open. They did make us have a very swift evac off nemesis inferno. Second the storm had passed they all got going again very quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Merry-go-girl Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 I'd love to see Amity Cove in a real life Thunderstorm, you can't engineer effects that cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Whatever Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Has lightning ever struck one of the taller rides such as Stealth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 400400 Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Has lightning ever struck one of the taller rides such as Stealth?I don't think so. Ive been on saw during a thunder storm and we got on and off it a few times before it got sent around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 pluk Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 I'd be amazed if they hadn't, and if they were struck there'd be no issue with it. You can't build a massive metal thing without lightning hitting it occasionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tom Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 I mean Stealth has a lightning rod where the second camera used to be (at the end of the airtime hill) But yes they have most likely all been struck! Tall bits of grounded metal + lightning = inevitability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 pognoi Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 It's surprisingly common to be honest. Out of the last 3 thunder storms in my local area the water tower by our local hospital has been struck twice and it only stands at 50 ft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Merry-go-girl Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 I wonder what that does for the water quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Benin Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Probably adds a bit of spark to it... Ian-S and pognoi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Merry-go-girl Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Wait, is this how we get statins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 JoshC. Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 The amount of time it took for a pun to appear in this thread is shocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mark9 Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 The amount of time it took for a pun to appear in this thread is shocking. Not many bright sparks left I'm afraid. pognoi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Merry-go-girl Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 It didn't strike me as the right time to start punning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 JoshC. Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Looks like it's lights out for everyone then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TraX Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Tidals lake has been hit. The rumba tunnel has been hit, as has Stealth and X. It does happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 pluk Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 Tidals lake has been hit. The rumba tunnel has been hit, as has Stealth and X. It does happen. Which all goes to show there is no God. If He was throwing bolts around with purpose Storm Surge and the car park barriers would be struck daily. And he'd have launched a meteor at Chessington to put it out of its misery years ago. pognoi and TraX 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 pognoi Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 omddddsss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Does anyone know what exactly happens at Thorpe when there is a thunder and lightning storm with operations and which rides may stay open and if it is scheduled for near enough the whole day will the park open?
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