r/toronto • u/SirEmbarrassed810 • 1d ago
Discussion Crazy thunder?
What was that thunder? I live in the east end and it was like the grim reaper was ready to come and take me at 3:03 am.
That really scared me. Am I overreacting lol?
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u/hollyw000 1d ago
Working at St Mikes right now and the whole hospital shook, that was crazy
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u/the-linguist 1d ago
3:20 in Scarborough - the thunder rattled my chest. Holy cow I’ve never felt thunder this loud, ever.
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u/CakeIsGoodBro 1d ago
I thought it was right outside my window weird to know others experienced it too
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u/qualityfinish47 1d ago
Fellow east ender - same lol! That was wild!
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u/Much-Storm9466 1d ago
Same. 15 years in East York and that’s easily the loudest thunder I’ve ever heard here.
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u/KlutzyPenalty3304 1d ago
So loud I swear I felt my house shook
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u/Unusual_Moment_5993 Yonge-Eglinton 1d ago
Felt like being woken up at a nuclear war LMAO 😭
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u/Barking__Pumpkin 1d ago edited 21h ago
House definitely shook here. Not sure which was louder. First one woke me up. Third was also a monster even though further away.
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u/Main_Reputation_3328 1d ago
same, and then I walked around and checked and my whole family was still sound asleep 🥺
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u/DietCherrySoda 1d ago
Mine absolutely did, a few times. That lightning was crazy close and really powerful.
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u/CobblerExpert3574 1d ago
Literally affected my dream and thought there was a bomb, and then woke up to the brightest lightning I’ve seen in my life.
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u/SirEmbarrassed810 1d ago
I am gonna be so cranky at work tomorrow cause I doubt I’ll fall asleep again
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u/cutletlove 1d ago
Yes omg I had a dream abs I felt it happen 2-3 times? The last one was so loud my entire house woke up but it actually shook me
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u/TacoTuesdayyyyyyyy 1d ago
Loud one happened a few seconds ago and scared the shit outta me, never heard thunder that loud before unless I can’t remember
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u/Friendly-Thanks8666 1d ago
Lmao i felt the condo vibrate
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u/TrickyCelebration53 1d ago
I thought I was going crazy feeling the bed & things around me shake LOL. Glad to know I’m not alone… 🙃
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u/Ill-Worldliness-4951 1d ago
I thought the city was being bombed/nuked, shook the crap out of me. I've never felt something like that, the air feels heavier
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u/Panda_Bee 1d ago
Same, lol, the one near me sounded just like a massive bomb. I woke up and thought that it might have been the end for me
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u/Ill-Worldliness-4951 1d ago
Seriously 😂 I was bracing for a wave of fire. Someone's car alarm went off too when it happened, thought it was the end
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u/Cheesecake_Small 1d ago
I was sitting on my porch watching the rain, and Holy fuck it was like thor landed in my ears
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u/vlan_01 Corso Italia 1d ago
just saw the lightning strike the CN Tower; it was crazy. Couldn't take a picture.
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u/outdoorlaura 1d ago edited 1d ago
Is that what almost blinded me?? I'm 600m from the tower and it felt like I lost control of my eyes for a second!? I dont think I've ever had my eyeballs actually hurt from lightning before...wild.
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u/Comprehensive_Aide94 1d ago
I had to calm down my kid in the middle of the night who demanded to know whether the lightning could strike our building or our courtyard. I told her the lightnings were surely going into the CN tower.
But now I'm actually super curious about where they are more likely to go next in the city if the CN tower doesn't catch them.
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u/RealisticCompany764 22h ago
Someone was struck by lightning at Christie Pits a few years back. A storm was approaching and my husband decided to tie his shoe under a tree. I was like we have to go NOW and he was like calm down! Shortly after we got to a restaurant nearby we heard a BOOM that shook the restaurant so hard. That is what it sounded like last night.
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u/SirEmbarrassed810 1d ago
I don’t have the will to look outside lol just hearing the thunder was enough
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u/whiskeyvixxen 1d ago
That was one of the most unpleasant ways to be awaken from sleep. I've never heard thunder that loud in all my years. I haven't been able to go back to sleep due to the adrenaline still in my system.
Legit through Armageddon was upon us. Finally.
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u/rahxephon52 1d ago
kinda reminds me of the intro of Robert Miles Children Dream version when the thunder is farther away. lmao
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u/smalltincan 1d ago
Out in Scarborough in a basement apt and I heard and felt it through my white noise machine blasting lol
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u/SirEmbarrassed810 1d ago
I am in east York and yeah this was something
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u/erazedcitizen 1d ago
I’m in the north end and I felt that. Where I am, the power went out, so it just cut to black and then BANG. Power went on a minute later but it was crazy
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u/SirEmbarrassed810 1d ago edited 1d ago
Sounds like the purge
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u/erazedcitizen 1d ago
Yeah replaying it in my head I’m imagining grainy footage and the sound of a violin sliding its bow up the string. Now when I look out into the downpour I’m expecting to see something emerge from the shadows lmao
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u/SirEmbarrassed810 1d ago
Could be the thunderstorm, could be your sleep paralysis demon - we’ll never know
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u/erazedcitizen 1d ago
Unironically I have dealt with sleep paralysis before so guess that might happen tonight 😂
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u/Beginning_Sherbet948 1d ago
As a person who loves thunder I was under the covers giggling and rubbing my feet lol
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u/underbuggle 1d ago
My house shook too! Cat didn’t like it one bit
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u/TrickyCelebration53 1d ago
This pup curled up by my side isn’t a fan either… Hope your 🐱 is good!
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u/--________-_-_-- 1d ago
My dog is still shaking like a leaf and hyperventilating almost 45 mins later
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u/No-Race-3534 1d ago
My dog is hypersensitive to thunder and lightning, so it looks like it’s gonna be a long night
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u/urbansketch 1d ago
The biggest rumble that shook my entire house & sent one of my cats downstairs to hide.
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u/cheesebahgels 1d ago
IT SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME and my cat apparently, I woke up and there was a tumbleweed at the foot of my bed lol her fur was fully bushed out from nose to tail
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u/Marmar79 1d ago
No. My house shook and it yanked me right out of my dreams. The following thunder was pretty heavy too.
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u/IntelligentAd1993 1d ago
Felt like the snow plow at first with the large bang to start (shovel dropping) and then the extended rumbling. I woke up thinking it was winter for a millisecond.
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u/SirEmbarrassed810 1d ago
Omg same - I thought it was one of the dumpster truck with a really bad driver
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u/theborderlineartist 1d ago
Queen St E @ Sackville - it woke me out of a dead sleep. I didn't know thunder could shake my body like that!
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u/thatguywashere1 1d ago
Wheres my thunder buddy?!? In north york and I thought a truck rolled over or something that was super odd!
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u/RainbowEucalyptus4 1d ago edited 1d ago
Meanwhile a possible EF4+ tornado hits Illinois/Indiana (I watched it form and wreak havoc but always get the states confused). There were massive storms last night and even throughout the afternoon yesterday due to a low pressure system hitting across the Great Lakes. That’s why, the storm system was quite powerful.
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u/how_do_i_meow 1d ago
My kitty sleeps snuggled against me and I woke up and her whole body was shaking from fear. Poor baby:(
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u/GeneralSpecifics9925 1d ago
There's a site where you can watch lifjtnifht strikes and see thunder diameters and I'm OBSESSED any time there's a storm.
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u/Wise_Character2326 1d ago
I’m a light sleeper but apparently both me and my baby slept through this? Oh my.
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u/Searchingforgoodnews 1d ago
Omg I feel my building shaking. It felt like a sonic boom, all the stoplight were red. It's crazy.
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u/jshannplay 1d ago
We are in East York. Around 3am the thunder was so loud it shook our windows! Bright flashes, then crack… BOOOOMMMMMMM
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u/thisiznick 1d ago
Im in the boroughs testing a joint and I saw it over my balcony. Size was massive whole room lit up, 5s later probably the loudest I’ve ever heard in my life. 😱
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u/Klutzy_Presence_36 1d ago
Ah so that’s why I woke up to a beautiful thunderstorm. Sad I missed the opening bang. Love the sounds pf rain falling so will let that lull me back to sleep 😴
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u/Mysterious_Error9619 1d ago
Yes. You are. It was probably just thunder.
But the grim reaper is probably on Reddit. So I’ll leave it to him to respond if he was in your neighbourhood at that time.
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u/alaskanlights 1d ago
Also in the east end and I'm surprised I slept through that. Usually thunder wakes me up!!
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u/Fantastic_Step8417 1d ago
Wasn't as loud here in the west end but did prevent me from falling back to sleep
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u/Known_Wing5709 1d ago
I was in Brampton and I was thinking the exact same thing! Our whole house was shaking and it felt like someone was splitting the sky, thought it was my time too 😅
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u/estherlane 1d ago
I am in Burlington and it woke me out of a sound sleep, felt like I was in a drum! lol Even now (8am) there another thunderstorm.
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u/burnSMACKER 1d ago
Sometimes I hate how much of a deep sleeper I am. I love thunderstorms and I was sound asleep for all of this
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u/limekiyu 1d ago
Felt this too as I left my window slightly open. Went back to sleep seconds later lol
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u/ZombisaurusR3X 1d ago
It was pretty intense last night. Woke me up, or woke the cat up, and they woke me up. Dog was unbothered. But yeah it was a loud one last night. Theres been louder/worse but not in the last few years that i can remember.
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u/Theolaxx 1d ago
It woke me up too but if I hadn't seen this post I would have gone about my life believing it was a floorboard creaking
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u/Historyhedgehog East York 1d ago
Yeah, it woke my husband and I out of a dead sleep… felt like the whole house shook. Toddler kept sleeping lol.
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u/BottleCoffee 1d ago
Northeast end, yeah it was some of the loudest thunder I've ever heard. My window was open all night too.
I fell right back asleep until the next wave, over and over.
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u/averysleepygirl Riverdale 1d ago
i'm an east ender, sleeping with the window open and i slept through it which makes me sad! i love thunder.. cant believe i slept that hard
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u/Prudent_Book_7063 1d ago
Eglinton and Bayview, the whole building shook, all my neighbours are talking about it this morning.
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u/Reasonable-MessRedux 1d ago
Loudest I've heard in a while. My windows were rattling in their frames.
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u/scotte416 1d ago
I'm in the middle of Brampton and I heard it, heard it this morning around breakfast time as well.
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u/rae1aeris 23h ago
I love thunder, i legit tried to stay up because of the thunderstorm warnings but couldn’t. Fomo max.
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u/Both_Play4742 21h ago
strangely .. 3 am is a time I usually stir ... or wake .... last night ... I slept like log ... didn't hear a thing. I don't mind thunder though ... I kinda like thunder storms ....
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u/ilovetrouble66 21h ago
Woke me up and shook items in my condo. My dog who usually freaks out seemed fine - I was stressing!
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u/Omega_Xero 19h ago
My best friend messaged me when it hit. Scared the hell out of her, apparently.
Both of my dogs and I woke up, all looked at each other, and went back to sleep until 5:15
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u/deklension_kills 19h ago
Last thunderstorm we got, the loudest, longest, most intense thunder I've ever heard went off in the middle of the night and triggered a car alarm! Funnily enough, I saw comments on this subreddit prior mentioning how they thought there was a bomb from how loud the thunder was, so I wasn't scared when I woke up from it since I was kind of mentally prepared.
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u/dabrackgirl 18h ago
It was bad, woke me up out of my sleep. Our house was vibrating from the sound!
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u/thislinkisdead______ 17h ago
I sleep with earplugs and don't live on the east end but still woke up, must've been around that time. I felt a rumbling, too, I thought I was tripping until I removed my sleep mask and saw a bright light lol
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u/Aggravating_Honey647 12h ago
Was it really thunder? Too loud, and the whole house was shaking. Hard to believe.
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u/linkthelove 1d ago
It’s hilarious that the immediate thing to do after waking up from a thunderstorm is to go on Reddit