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When Lightning Strikes!

posted by mintbbb 7 months 2 weeks ago • 7662 views
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From LiveLeak: Some quite close, fenomenal lightning strikes!

NSFW for language - poor people scared s***less! :)
Long intro, action starts about a minute in!

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That's awesome! Some great footage.


written by thehelix  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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it's cool how everyone is instantly humbled and awed by the power of natural forces.

I miss midwest thunderstorms, that flimsy shack of sticks you're cowering in won't save you.


written by Memorare  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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3 minutes long video featuring 1 minute of intro.


written by steroidg  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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>> ^steroidg:
3 minutes long video featuring 1 minute of intro.


yeah. thats fucking stupid

so good hearing all their reactions.


written by Raaagh  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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The intro was very annoying, but the rest of it was worth it. Skip to 1:03


written by NicoleBee  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Very good stuff. Interesting that 9 times out of 10 it was "holy [something]!"


written by dag  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Cool. But no vote for the retardedly long intro.


written by harry  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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What's a strom?


written by jimnms  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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That one strike right on the shoreline was insane.


written by videosiftbannedme  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Apparently the universal reaction to a lightning strike is to point the video camera at the floor.


written by alizarin  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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We get some pretty wicked storms in the North East. Nothing like the tornados of the mid-west but pretty potent. A few times in your life you might even witness an electrical storm (where lightning is constantly flashing across the clouds every few miliseconds. It's spectacular.)

But yea, you can tell that people are loving the storm until a strike hits close. Then they are confronted with their mortality and bolt haha.


written by Xaielao  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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FYI - in a storm it's always best to stand in a field if possible - if it's not possible stand directly under the biggest tree you can find. Also good to stand in water if possible.


written by Throbbin  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Great shots... That's why you never go near a tree in a storm. Reminds me of a video somewhere on the Sift of someone videoing out the window of their house and the camcorder was hit by lightning. Anyone know which one I'm talking about?

Interesting that the first reaction seems to almost always be "Shit!" or some variant thereof.


written by lucky760  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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^ Could it be...
http://www.videosift.com/video/Hit-By-Lightning-Caught-on-Tape-and-the-nasty-results


written by eric3579  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Is it really that hard to hold the camera still? It's just the hand of God smiting someone or something right in front of you. Man up pansies.

Oh and Grammar Nazi says it's phenomenal not fenomenal.


written by mizila  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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It's amazing how long some of the plasma streamers last when you can see them up close. Half a second or so on some of the strikes.

Also (up)? vote for the liveleak watermarks+ flying logos (2 of each!) at the beginning.


written by rich_magnet  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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After a minute of "Holy Shit!"s it was awesome to hear the "FUCK YEAH!" from one crazy bastard!

Edit: make that 2.5 minutes of "Holy Shit"s and "Woah"s...


written by Friesian  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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FECKING A, MAN!


written by DigitalAlloy  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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>> ^Throbbin:
FYI - in a storm it's always best to stand in a field if possible - if it's not possible stand directly under the biggest tree you can find. Also good to stand in water if possible.


And don't forget to bring a golf club with you, preferably a 1 iron and hold it firmly above your head straight up in the air.


written by Duckman33  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Saw one hit a tree ~100 feet in front of me once.. I was in the house thankfully. Took the top of the tree off. I couldn't hear squat for a long while afterward it was so big and loud.


written by honkeytonk73  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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>> ^mizila:
Oh and Grammar Nazi says it's phenomenal not fenomenal.


Definition Nazi says that's a spelling error, not a grammatical error.


written by xxovercastxx  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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>> ^xxovercastxx:
>> ^mizila:
Oh and Grammar Nazi says it's phenomenal not fenomenal.


Definition Nazi says that's a spelling error, not a grammatical error.


Actually Definition Nazi says "Spelling Nazi says that's a spelling error, not a grammatical error."
The definition of fenomenal is not incorrect, it's non-existent, it's purely a spelling error. Yours was the definition error.


written by Ghostly  | 7 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Actually, what happened is that they fired Andrew Beckett because he had AIDS. And that was against the law.

>> ^Ghostly:
>> ^xxovercastxx:
>> ^mizila:
Oh and Grammar Nazi says it's phenomenal not fenomenal.


Definition Nazi says that's a spelling error, not a grammatical error.


Actually Definition Nazi says "Spelling Nazi says that's a spelling error, not a grammatical error."
The definition of fenomenal is not incorrect, it's non-existent, it's purely a spelling error. Yours was the definition error.



written by thinker247  | 7 months 1 week ago | CH
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>> ^Ghostly:
>> ^xxovercastxx:
>> ^mizila:
Oh and Grammar Nazi says it's phenomenal not fenomenal.


Definition Nazi says that's a spelling error, not a grammatical error.


Actually Definition Nazi says "Spelling Nazi says that's a spelling error, not a grammatical error."
The definition of fenomenal is not incorrect, it's non-existent, it's purely a spelling error. Yours was the definition error.


Definition Nazi was pointing out that correcting someone's spelling is not a grammatical correction; hence the use of "Grammar Nazi" contradicted the accepted definition. Definition Nazi was not in error, you just did not know what he was talking about. Don't make me consult with Interpretation Nazi.


written by xxovercastxx  | 7 months 1 week ago | CH
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