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Lightning
Posted on 4/14/21 at 12:18 am
Posted on 4/14/21 at 12:18 am
Sat outside and watch the storms roll through today under the patio.
Had a few close lightning strikes and it occurred to me, most people don't think twice about it unless the power goes out.
Imagine that, actual electric death, striking the earth, is NORMAL. Add in the fact that there is no warning as to when or where it decides to unleash that power, and the thought becomes more frightening.
Had a few close lightning strikes and it occurred to me, most people don't think twice about it unless the power goes out.
Imagine that, actual electric death, striking the earth, is NORMAL. Add in the fact that there is no warning as to when or where it decides to unleash that power, and the thought becomes more frightening.
This post was edited on 4/14/21 at 12:19 am
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Posted on 4/14/21 at 12:31 am to Bawcephus
Posted on 4/14/21 at 12:33 am to Bawcephus
263 contact strikes in my area Saturday morning, according to insurance company. Unfortunately, one of those was at my house. Been an expensive couple of days.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 7:12 am to Bawcephus
I got warning once. Heard buzzing. Sounded like it was coming from the top of my hat. Made a cast. My line stayed in the air. BOOM. We hauled arse.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 7:50 am to Bawcephus
About 9 years ago I was pulling into my carport in a bad rain storm. As I was getting out, lightening struck the corner of my house not 10’ from me. It lifted me off my feet and literally threw me back into my suv. At the time I was around 260#’s and I had zero control. Tossed me like a rag doll. It hit at the northwest corner, went through the house, and exited at the furthest east side frying every electrical device in the house. Lightning is not to be toyed with.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 7:55 am to go_tigres
Had a direct strike 3 years ago.
Blew a 2 foot hole in the roof, caught the bathroom fan tube on fire, which melted some electrical wires. 10k worth of electronics. Blew plastic led lightbulbs in half.
I go my happy arse inside during lightning after that.
Blew a 2 foot hole in the roof, caught the bathroom fan tube on fire, which melted some electrical wires. 10k worth of electronics. Blew plastic led lightbulbs in half.
I go my happy arse inside during lightning after that.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:29 am to Bawcephus
I knew a guy in HS that got struck and survived. He was deer hunting and clouds started rolling in so he climbed down and was walking back the house. He was crossing a field and the next thing he remembered was waking up flat on his back getting stormed on. It blew a hole out the end of one of his boots.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:32 am to Bawcephus
Look up and compare lightning strikes statistics, snake bite statistics, shark bites, and Hillary Clintoncide statistics. Most people are walking around worrying about the wrong shite.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:45 am to Bawcephus
But if hit by lightning, the good thing is you won't even know it happened unless you survive it. That much power hitting you out of the blue would be like someone walking up behind you with a .357 and putting one in the brain. The lights just go out.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 8:49 am to gumbo2176
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But if hit by lightning, the good thing is you won't even know it happened unless you survive it. That much power hitting you out of the blue would be like someone walking up behind you with a .357 and putting one in the brain. The lights just go out.
Buddy of mine got struck at 8 y/o. His mom was a nurse and did cpr right after, they lived around Phoenix back then and ambulance came and had to shock him, he survived and even showed me the newspaper article about it. Very lucky dude, I agree statistically the odds aren’t likely but lightning terrifies me now for some reason.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 9:00 am to windshieldman
Yeah kind of like a plane crash. Odds are it will never happen but if it does and it's you holy shite.
You are much more likely to be capped in the head by a thug in baton rouge or new orleans.
You are much more likely to be capped in the head by a thug in baton rouge or new orleans.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 9:01 am to bushwacker
When my rod starts shocking me it is time to bail.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 9:06 am to tenfoe
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Look up and compare lightning strikes statistics, snake bite statistics, shark bites, and Hillary Clintoncide statistics. Most people are walking around worrying about the wrong shite.
I've heard my line on my trout rod buzzing before....
I laid em down and we hauled arse! I've also touched an outrigger offshore and it shocked me...that one puckered me up as we really couldn't do anything out there.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 9:06 am to Bawcephus
We moved to a neighborhood in Iowa, LA a couple years ago, and for some reason, when there is a thunderstorm there, there are lightning strikes constantly, all seemingly within a mile or so of our house. Never seen anything like it before. A couple times it has struck the pond in the neighborhood, and once it struck part of the electrical system feeding the neighborhood.
Last year, when it hit some part of the electrical system feeding our neighborhood, it fried our security camera system, our electronic dog collar system, and an Amazon Fire stick. Everything else was seemingly okay.
I enjoy sitting under the carport watching the close by lightning. I guess I never thought about it actually striking me or my house, but now you guys have got me thinking
Last year, when it hit some part of the electrical system feeding our neighborhood, it fried our security camera system, our electronic dog collar system, and an Amazon Fire stick. Everything else was seemingly okay.
I enjoy sitting under the carport watching the close by lightning. I guess I never thought about it actually striking me or my house, but now you guys have got me thinking
Posted on 4/14/21 at 9:14 am to Bawcephus
I used to not worry about lightning at all.
Then I started working electromagnetic environmental effects at NASA, our discipline includes lightning protection.
Now I'm scared to death of lightning.
Then I started working electromagnetic environmental effects at NASA, our discipline includes lightning protection.
Now I'm scared to death of lightning.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 9:14 am to TDTOM
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When my rod starts shocking me it is time to bail.
I had this happen and it scared the shite out of me. I was bank fishing at Cypremort Point and there was a storm way out in the bay but zero clouds over me so I kept fishing. Next thing you know my rod starts buzzing and shocks the shite out of me. I GTFO of there.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 9:20 am to NewIberiaHaircut
Heard the buzzing on my VHF antenna one time, folded it down, then our rods started buzzing. Sphincters sufficiently tightened, we hauled arse
I had a second cousin growing up that got struck two different times. Boy was a bit slow, not sure which came first, the lightning strikes, or him being slow.
I had a second cousin growing up that got struck two different times. Boy was a bit slow, not sure which came first, the lightning strikes, or him being slow.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 9:30 am to Bawcephus
About 18 years ago my wife’s car got struck while she was driving. Fried the computer and put a small hole in one tire.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 10:46 am to Bawcephus
Posted on 4/14/21 at 11:52 am to Bawcephus
One of my neighbors back in the 90s, was welding near the base of a tall pine tree, when a storm came up fast. Lighting struck the tree and travelled through the roots and got him. It didn't kill him right then, it took a few years and he didn't die directly from the lightning.
It just fricked him up and he went crazy and started doing some bizarre shite that lead to him dying. He was never the same after the lightning got him.
It just fricked him up and he went crazy and started doing some bizarre shite that lead to him dying. He was never the same after the lightning got him.
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