A secondary electrical arc, either a transformer or lines. The breakers will trip after a couple seconds and shut it off.
4 Likes
It was full of holes rather than electrons?
4 Likes
The full laldy, for your delectation:
2 Likes
You probably got a little of that as well.
https://phys.org/news/2017-11-lightning-chance-antimatter.amp
9 Likes
She gets mad kudos for having the fortitude to maintain the event in frame. Most of those filming sudden violent natural events flail around and fail to capture more than the first fraction of a second on video.
8 Likes
Based on that Wikipedia article I think the energy is spread out over a longer duration than normal. I agree that it seemed rather anticlimactic… I’ve seen bolts hit hard enough to rattle windows and picture frames, something even a cheap mic would pick up. In a former neighborhood we had a strike hit a tree and blow all the bark off it from 60ft high to 5 feet from the ground. Same neighborhood a neighbor’s white oak got hit and put a inch wide split 20 feet down the side, saw that happen from our parlor…think I cleared a good one foot vertical jump on that one.
Lightning is pretty to look at, but damn it has some power.
4 Likes
It’s a street light!
Same here, and I’ve never seen anything like that before, either.
2 Likes
And I was always told not to stand near a window during an electrical storm.
“But how will I get a great viral video?”
1 Like
Just watch the video backwards in time 
God is PISSED about that “I EAT ASS” sticker
1 Like
Found a good summary.
Negative Lightning:
- 90-95% of all strikes
- 300,000,000 Volts
- 30,000 AMPS
- 50,000° Hot
Positive Lightning:
- 5-10% of all strikes
- 1,000,000,000 volts
- 300,000 AMPS
- 50,000° Hot but lasts 10 times longer.
1 Like
Also, the green color is a good tip-off that copper is being vaporized/burned.
3 Likes
This topic was automatically closed after 5 days. New replies are no longer allowed.
