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#2 07-21-2002, 02:37 PM

Wow !

Have been 50 yards from a birch being split in half
by lightning I lost my breath,

sorta like falling from
a tree or getting punched in the stomach, cows
in a farm 500 yards were screaming.

It is powerfull stuff !

Uranium-235 · #3 07-21-2002, 03:03 PM

the image isnt' loading. netfirms must be down :/

#4 07-21-2002, 03:15 PM

Does for me right now ???

Uranium-235 · #5 07-21-2002, 03:26 PM

same here *now*

#6 07-22-2002, 07:39 AM

You know the old saying "Lightening doesn't strike in the same place twice"???? Well in the state of Florida, you are more likely to get struck by lightening than to be in a car accident or mugged or many other things. And it always strikes twice to make sure it gets it's target!

MIK3 · #7 07-22-2002, 10:53 AM

crazy as that sounds that is true propig....its kind of weird if u think about it...yeah ive never actually experienced lightning touching down on any earthly thing before, but im not sure that i would have wanted to be there when it happened. How many of u turn off your machines when a storm is coming, for electrical reasoning?

vee_ess · #8 07-22-2002, 11:49 AM

I turn mine off. Not worth losing it for a while even though it is plugged into a surge protector with a guaranteed replacement up to $50000.

And your right that lightning does strike twice in the same place - a tree in my backyard has gotten hit by lightning twice (one time it split in half), and then it still grew back each time, we then chopped it down and it still is growing back. Maybe the third strike will be the charm!

#9 07-22-2002, 11:51 AM

Depends on the storm. If it is one of our "doozies" then I Unplug. We have had lightening hit the transformer a few doors down (scared the crap out of me)and when that happened the electric all through the house crackled for about 1/2 hour. I don't take any chances.

#10 07-22-2002, 12:43 PM

Yeah, and don't forget, if it's a 'florida doozie', unplugging is best but sometimes the bolt is so powerful that the 'Sphere of Influence' can still knock out sensitive processors etc, and you too if the 'Electro Magnetic Pulse' is powerful enough. It is not uncommon here in Fl Big Bend Area to hear the light bulbs 'tapping' when they are not even on and sometimes zapped when the EMP jumps over switches etc.

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