October 3, 2006: Photographer catches lightning bolt hitting neighbor's house - Page 2

mosquito · 10-03-2006, 03:25 PM

OHMED!

Flint · 10-03-2006, 03:35 PM

"When there's lightning, you know it always brings me down..."
(picture Dio, sitting inside on a rainy day, looking out the window and weeping)

Undertoad · 10-03-2006, 04:17 PM

Thanks, skeeter!

Flint · 10-03-2006, 04:18 PM

Outreach for Health, Medicine and Education?

Clodfobble · 10-03-2006, 06:39 PM

Flint: like "owned," but with ohms.

tralfaz · 10-03-2006, 06:57 PM

I took the plunge and registered. There is some more background to the story. I'd put in a link, but as a new user that would get deleted.
Here is some of it:
"The above lightning stroke was almost certainly a "bolt from the blue" - a relatively rare positive lightning bolt that originates from the top of a distant storm cloud rather than from the negatively charged cloud base. These massive discharges can travel horizontally for 10 miles or more from the top of the main storm. Positive lightning bolts can pack peak currents of up to 340,000 amperes, and they last for tens, or even hundreds, of milliseconds. This is about ten times more current and ten times longer than regular (negative) lightning. As a result, positive lightning is extremely hot, and it does considerable damage to whatever it hits. If you happen to be unlucky enough to be the target of one of these monster bolts, you DO NOT survive."

wolf · 10-03-2006, 08:01 PM

Those obvious spam deletions are done lovingly by hand and are not automated, just in case you were wondering.

Whoops. Have I just revealed a trade secret?

Undertoad · 10-03-2006, 08:27 PM

Eh, but I'm certain that spammers are not reading the boards to figure out our actual plans to rule the world. (*oops*)

Welcome tral, thanks, and post that link.

Sundae · 10-04-2006, 04:45 AM

Any news on where this was? (I can't link to the article).

Although it's a British paper and it's on the British calendar it's unusual for this country:
Houses are usually closer together
There are few places palm trees grow (mostly only the South West)
It's not common to use kilometers in normal conversation
Kane Quinnell? Not typically British name.

Not that it matters where it was (apart from satisfying my curiousity) it's a great photo.

dar512 · 10-04-2006, 09:06 AM

This says Australia. It's got some other cool pictures as well.

tralfaz · 10-04-2006, 09:25 PM

I couldn't log on again yesterday, but this link may or may not get you to more information. If it doesn't, it is because it sometimes redirects you to the home page for teslamania, which is very cool, if you like electricity, but it is hard to find the image in question and the background story.

As for where and when: "Friday night (14/01/05) that appeared to be a few km away, (I live in Old Toongabbie, and the storm appeared to be in Pendle Hill, or Greystanes, Australia)."

xoxoxoBruce · 10-04-2006, 10:07 PM

Good link dar512, did you see the gallery links to the Lichtenberg figures at the bottom....awesome.

Hi tralfaz, welcome to the Cellar and thanks for the input.

dar512 · 10-05-2006, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Good link dar512, did you see the gallery links to the Lichtenberg figures at the bottom....awesome.

Yep. Very cool. There's a quote somewhere else on the Cellar about beauty and strangeness being linked. In this case it's beauty and danger.

Flint · 10-23-2006, 09:51 AM

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Bullitt · 10-23-2006, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by headsplice

And Lo, the Lord spake unto the World: "Suck it, n00b!"

10-03-2006, 03:35 PM	#17
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10-04-2006, 04:45 AM	#24
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Any news on where this was? (I can't link to the article). Although it's a British paper and it's on the British calendar it's unusual for this country: Houses are usually closer together There are few places palm trees grow (mostly only the South West) It's not common to use kilometers in normal conversation Kane Quinnell? Not typically British name. Not that it matters where it was (apart from satisfying my curiousity) it's a great photo. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-04-2006, 09:06 AM	#25
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	This says Australia. It's got some other cool pictures as well. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

10-03-2006, 03:25 PM	#16
mosquito Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2	OHMED!

10-03-2006, 04:17 PM	#18
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Thanks, skeeter!

10-03-2006, 06:39 PM	#20
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Flint: like "owned," but with ohms.

10-03-2006, 06:57 PM	#21
tralfaz Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3	I took the plunge and registered. There is some more background to the story. I'd put in a link, but as a new user that would get deleted. Here is some of it: "The above lightning stroke was almost certainly a "bolt from the blue" - a relatively rare positive lightning bolt that originates from the top of a distant storm cloud rather than from the negatively charged cloud base. These massive discharges can travel horizontally for 10 miles or more from the top of the main storm. Positive lightning bolts can pack peak currents of up to 340,000 amperes, and they last for tens, or even hundreds, of milliseconds. This is about ten times more current and ten times longer than regular (negative) lightning. As a result, positive lightning is extremely hot, and it does considerable damage to whatever it hits. If you happen to be unlucky enough to be the target of one of these monster bolts, you DO NOT survive."

10-03-2006, 08:27 PM	#23
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Eh, but I'm certain that spammers are not reading the boards to figure out our actual plans to rule the world. (oops) Welcome tral, thanks, and post that link.

10-04-2006, 09:25 PM	#26
tralfaz Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3	I couldn't log on again yesterday, but this link may or may not get you to more information. If it doesn't, it is because it sometimes redirects you to the home page for teslamania, which is very cool, if you like electricity, but it is hard to find the image in question and the background story. As for where and when: "Friday night (14/01/05) that appeared to be a few km away, (I live in Old Toongabbie, and the storm appeared to be in Pendle Hill, or Greystanes, Australia)."

10-04-2006, 10:07 PM	#27
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Good link dar512, did you see the gallery links to the Lichtenberg figures at the bottom....awesome. Hi tralfaz, welcome to the Cellar and thanks for the input. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-23-2006, 09:51 AM	#29
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	OHMUed! . Attached Images __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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