Mace Canute
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I'm sure many if not most of you have seen this on the news but for those who haven't, here it is. It really shows the energy in a lightning strike.Lightning Travels Through Backyard, Hits Foxboro Home ｫ CBS Boston
Massive lightning strike.
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wedge40
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Pretty cool. I wonder if there was a power line in the shed and it followed it back?
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guess insurance will say "act of god"?
I sure feel sorry for the homeowner...
I sure feel sorry for the homeowner...
creekbend
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Thanks for posting.
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Well, the good news is running a buried electrical line to the shed became a lot easier!
RobertBrown
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That's amazing.
We have a lot of lightning here and I've never seen or heard of destruction anything close to that scale.
I would like to know why the energy was so concentrated along that line and did not dissipate in all directions going to ground.
Must have sounded like a plane crash or a train wreck.
We have a lot of lightning here and I've never seen or heard of destruction anything close to that scale.
I would like to know why the energy was so concentrated along that line and did not dissipate in all directions going to ground.
Must have sounded like a plane crash or a train wreck.
QRTRHRS
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Absolutely awsome!
Back in 1982, I was working with a friend that had a wind gernerator business. He had just gotten on with the Jacobs Wind Electric Co who had gotten back into the business themselves what with the tax credits for wind and other systems at the time.
We had "inherited" this existing customer from another company that had gone under.These folks had built this rather elaborate three story, octogon or round (I forget which) behemoth on top of a hill. They had grounded the windmill to the well casing. Well, it seems that the driller had stopped using the steel casing going through solid rock and during a dry year the water level had dropped below the casing.
Needless to say, the windmill made a perfect lightning rod. When it got hit, the DC to AC inverter in the garage pretty much exploded as did most of the main breaker box. Looking at that video, I guess it could have been a whole lot worse.
Back in 1982, I was working with a friend that had a wind gernerator business. He had just gotten on with the Jacobs Wind Electric Co who had gotten back into the business themselves what with the tax credits for wind and other systems at the time.
We had "inherited" this existing customer from another company that had gone under.These folks had built this rather elaborate three story, octogon or round (I forget which) behemoth on top of a hill. They had grounded the windmill to the well casing. Well, it seems that the driller had stopped using the steel casing going through solid rock and during a dry year the water level had dropped below the casing.
Needless to say, the windmill made a perfect lightning rod. When it got hit, the DC to AC inverter in the garage pretty much exploded as did most of the main breaker box. Looking at that video, I guess it could have been a whole lot worse.
