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10-06-2008
just.... WOW!
10-06-2008
That's nuts. I hope I never have to endure that part of nature.
10-06-2008
I had posed the question to a storm chasing group a number of years ago if any of them had photos of or had seen lighting strike a road, i.e., pavement? No one had or had seen. And I worked from the assumption, though as powerful as lightning is that there was something about pavement that maybe deterred lightning strikes.
That was until I had close encounters with it striking ground and water. My theory was that with the heat of lightning, as it is, that it would cause a crater of some kind in the ground and that it would vaporize water. Having experience both in very close proximity I can say that it does not, at least in the ground. With regards to the water, there is no violent explosion from the heat of the strike, which I found VERY odd.
Nonetheless it appears that the strike in the news story perhaps traveled along the water on the surface of the parking lot to the guy gassing up. Which is not uncommon. There have been instances of multiple people struck from a single strike before for similar reasons.
10-06-2008
Lightning is weird
10-06-2008
Holy crap. That would suck. I've had lighting hit the Rover once in a Wal-Mart parking lot and that was crazy. Would hate to be on foot and hit.
10-06-2008
The scary thing is that most people that get struck dont take a direct hit. They get hit by a branch from the main channel. I think it would probably vaporize you if you took a direct hit.
10-06-2008
ive been really close to a strike outside...sent a sensation all the way through my body and all my bodyhair was standing up a lil....scary stuff nontheless
Originally Posted by SuperSport
10-07-2008
I had thought that the asphalt was being made with some bits of ground up tires...... or it was at least about 10years ago when I had heard it first...........
I know the track at my old highschool was made of the same compound.....
10-07-2008
Very "striking" video Scotty. Nice find!
10-07-2008
No pun intended huh?
10-07-2008
Fully intended.
That video was electrifying! I was totally shocked. It jolted me out of my seat, I was quite stunned.
10-07-2008
Woot, that was explosive.Fully intended.
That video was electrifying! I was totally shocked. It jolted me out of my seat, I was quite stunned.
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