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Lightning strikes explodes a telephone pole.
Posted on 7/25/16 at 11:49 pm
Posted on 7/25/16 at 11:49 pm
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Posted on 7/25/16 at 11:54 pm to Cruiserhog
Posted on 7/25/16 at 11:55 pm to Signal Soldier
didnt realize that was the same storm, that must have been intense
Posted on 7/25/16 at 11:58 pm to Cruiserhog
Lightning instantly superheats the creosote, blowing the light pole apart. The same thing can happen with pine trees.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:02 am to Cruiserhog
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:02 am to Signal Soldier
bookmarked for the idiots that believe lightening goes ground up
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:14 am to Cruiserhog
Turned that bitch into splinters
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:21 am to olgoi khorkhoi
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bookmarked for the idiots that believe lightening goes ground up
it does go ground up...lightning follows the path created by step leaders which come from ground...mulitple step leaders are generated in the area of a ground strike and the lightning follows the best path to ground. I know this because I got lit up by one one evening in my shop and wanted to know more about it. My entire shop door lit up in ST elmo's fire and a step leader jumped off this metal guard pylon I have outside my shop doors. Fortunately for me the lightning struck a tree about 100 yards away instead of that pylon because I was only about 10 ft. away from the leader. I still took a serious jolt, will never forget it.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:28 am to olgoi khorkhoi
Eh?
Cloud to ground is possible....but it is typically due to man made situations.
Cloud flash, feeder bands spread out in all directions ionizing as they go, then when one hits the earth the back strike occurs from earth along the ionized path
Cloud to ground is possible....but it is typically due to man made situations.
Cloud flash, feeder bands spread out in all directions ionizing as they go, then when one hits the earth the back strike occurs from earth along the ionized path
This post was edited on 7/26/16 at 12:30 am
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:35 am to Volvagia
that's badass and I'm the idiot
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:44 am to Cruiserhog
Lightning Crater
Posted on 7/26/16 at 12:54 am to Langland
Where's the glass?
Posted on 7/26/16 at 3:41 am to Langland
I am just happy that the OT knows it is lightning and not lightening.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 5:41 am to jbgleason
Posted on 7/26/16 at 5:42 am to Cruiserhog
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mulitple step leaders
Scary shite.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 6:28 am to beHop
I have been right by a tree that got hit while in traffic. It's a pretty unreal sight
Posted on 7/26/16 at 6:41 am to Signal Soldier
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Lightning f'd shite up in that storm
Crazy!
But those accents. Sheesh.
This post was edited on 7/26/16 at 6:43 am
Posted on 7/26/16 at 6:44 am to Cruiserhog
that was awesome. looked like CGI it was so perfect.
Posted on 7/26/16 at 6:47 am to Cruiserhog
wow!
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