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Posted on 6/29/26 at 8:53 pm to nuwaydawg
Thread kind of sucks without photos.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 8:59 pm to nuwaydawg
Lightning struck our chain link fence about 50 yards from the house. It traveled up the fence and blew about 10 bricks off of the house. It also fried the modem and router.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 9:24 pm to nuwaydawg
I was a kid when this happened, but I think lighting might have actually struck the electrical line that connected to the TV. At least I was told something like that, but I was in the living room with my dad and I saw a flash and heard a loud pop, the TV went out.. And that baby was fried.
That's all I really have. I will also admit that lightening makes me feel uneasy.
That's all I really have. I will also admit that lightening makes me feel uneasy.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 9:33 pm to nuwaydawg
Early 2k's, lightning hit our house just past bedtime. Or so we thought. Fried every smoke and CO2 sensor in the house, and they all started beeping and gave off a light halo of smoke. Took out random things throughout the house -
- The washer, but not the dryer right next to it
- About a third of my component home theater setup, they were all on the same Monster surge protector.
- Range next to the oven, which it also got, but not the microwave right above the oven
- One of the two outside AC units, they were separated by maybe 2-3'
The neighbors on both sides got their breakers blown. Altogether $14k in damage, neither us nor the FD, who went up on a ladder truck with a thermal camera over our roof that night, could ever find where the lightning struck. Trees and house showed no signs. Nothing was still hot on thermal.
- The washer, but not the dryer right next to it
- About a third of my component home theater setup, they were all on the same Monster surge protector.
- Range next to the oven, which it also got, but not the microwave right above the oven
- One of the two outside AC units, they were separated by maybe 2-3'
The neighbors on both sides got their breakers blown. Altogether $14k in damage, neither us nor the FD, who went up on a ladder truck with a thermal camera over our roof that night, could ever find where the lightning struck. Trees and house showed no signs. Nothing was still hot on thermal.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 9:45 pm to nuwaydawg
A long time ago when I was in my early teens we had a swim hole in the creek near my house that had a high bank with a tall oak tree that had a steel cable attached to it that we used for a swing. We heard thunder in the distance, but were having so much fun we didn't pay any attention. I had just lifted my feet of the ground and was swinging over the water when it struck and came down the cable and shocked the heck out of me.
Many years later lightning fried my tv. I had only had it about a month and took it back to Walmart and told them it just quit working, and they let me have a new one. Kind of weird but for the many years I had that tv it would make a strange popping sound on the regular day and night.
Many years later lightning fried my tv. I had only had it about a month and took it back to Walmart and told them it just quit working, and they let me have a new one. Kind of weird but for the many years I had that tv it would make a strange popping sound on the regular day and night.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 9:51 pm to nuwaydawg
I sometimes wonder if I attract lightning. I was home when my home was struck. I was also home when a neighbor’s tree not more than 100 feet from my home was struck. I’ve seen ball lightning while driving. I’ve been close enough to other strikes where I can sense the strike before it happens.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 9:54 pm to nuwaydawg
2007 Deuce and Bush
thunder & lightning
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thunder & lightning
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 10:19 pm to nuwaydawg
About 40 years ago, Pink Floyd played Rice Stadium. A huge electrical storm moved in. They kept playing, and nobody left. Best light show ever!
Posted on 6/29/26 at 11:28 pm to nuwaydawg
In BTR, storm and had the flash and bang effect at the same time. Went out the front door and several folks were out looking around and you could smell the pine in the air. Big pine tree in neighbors yard was hit. Killed half my shop lights and a radio but didn't trip a breaker. Tree died over the next year. Luckily the neighbor cut the pines down
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