R-pod Owners Forum : I witnessed one of those freak lightning strikes https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Miscellaneous / Off-topic : I witnessed one of those freak lightning strikes Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:57:53 +0000 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 06:57:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1974 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ I witnessed one of those freak lightning strikes : Rule- wait 30 minutes after you've... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1974&PID=18095#18095 Author: Iteach5th
Subject: 1974
Posted: 25 Jul 2011 at 6:57am

Rule- wait 30 minutes after you've seen and heard the last of the lightning.


]]> Mon, 25 Jul 2011 06:57:09 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1974&PID=18095#18095 I witnessed one of those freak lightning strikes : Actually, I think most strikes... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1974&PID=18087#18087 Author: FISHTAIL
Subject: 1974
Posted: 24 Jul 2011 at 10:17pm

Actually, I think most strikes go from the ground up first, then sky down, ground up, etc, until the charge is equalized.  I forget where I read that, I'll see if I can dig it up.

Crazy that it struck that way though..glad nobody was hurt.
]]> Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:17:58 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1974&PID=18087#18087 I witnessed one of those freak lightning strikes : That it will travel for miles... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1974&PID=18076#18076 Author: techntrek
Subject: 1974
Posted: 24 Jul 2011 at 2:54pm

That it will travel for miles horizontally before finding the (supposedly) lowest resistance point is wild.  How many grounded towers and trees did it pass over before picking that one?  Just nuts.]]> Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:54:58 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1974&PID=18076#18076 I witnessed one of those freak lightning strikes : When thunder roars....go indoors!Lightening... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1974&PID=18074#18074 Author: Guests
Subject: 1974
Posted: 24 Jul 2011 at 11:54am

When thunder roars....
go indoors!
 
Lightening seems to be one of those things that is not well understood.  Having antennas and a tower in the air, I've read a lot about it.  There are lots of opinions and theories but, a lesser amount of actual fact.
]]> Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:54:39 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1974&PID=18074#18074 I witnessed one of those freak lightning strikes : Real good advice. Better safe... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1974&PID=18064#18064 Author: TerryM
Subject: 1974
Posted: 24 Jul 2011 at 4:31am

Real good advice.  Better safe than sorry...or dead!

Terry
]]> Sun, 24 Jul 2011 04:31:39 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1974&PID=18064#18064 I witnessed one of those freak lightning strikes : I've heard that lightning... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1974&PID=18062#18062 Author: techntrek
Subject: 1974
Posted: 23 Jul 2011 at 11:57pm

I've heard that lightning can strike miles from a storm, under blue skies.  We've always taken that seriously and while we were hanging out at a friend's house this afternoon the second we heard thunder in the distance the kids were out of the pool.  For hours storms passed miles away, and we finally thought it was about time to let the kids get back in.

I heard a loud crack behind me, and thought one of the neighbors had shot off a leftover firework from the 4th.  Others that were sitting in front of me, facing out over the field behind me, had "that look" so I shot out of my chair and turned around.  Above a row of trees about 200 yards away a black cloud of smoke was quickly blowing away.  Lightning had struck one of those trees.

The nearest storm was many miles away.  There were only high, thin clouds above us, no puffy cumulus clouds in sight.  There was no rumble, just a single crack - like, I said, it sounded like someone set off a firework.

Moral of the story, yes, lightning can strike miles from a storm, under blue skies.  Get out of the pool if you even think you hear thunder.

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