first close range strike...

[bullbuck]

apparently the monsoon season is here,thought the storm was a ways out,thats about the time i heard the electrical surge(a sound you never forget)just a split second later the blast...nothing reminds you of your mortality better than a good close lightning strike...

 

[Greystoke]

apparently the monsoon season is here,thought the storm was a ways out,thats about the time i heard the electrical surge(a sound you never forget)just a split second later the blast...nothing reminds you of your mortality better than a good close lightning strike...

I remember some pretty intense lightning storms when we lived in the woods where my Dad was logging. We spent two years living in the mountains, in a fifth-wheel north of the Steamboat Springs, Craig, and Hayden area. Summers in California park, winters in Colton Creek. Happiest time of my childhood!

Cody

 

[bullbuck]

not real sure i was off to the east today but here in town i have heard twice now three inches of rain in one hour?one thing i do know is the roads are tore up pretty good...

 

[Metals406]

Glad you still have all your body hair mang! LOL

I've been within 30 feet of a tree strike... So I'm good to go for life.

 

[bullbuck]

thanks metals! thirty feet you get burned?debris hit you?thats way too close

 

[Metals406]

thanks metals! thirty feet you get burned?debris hit you?thats way too close

No burning or the like, but my ears were ringing for the rest of the day, and it blinded the crap out'a me.

I was opening the barbed wire gate on our driveway back when I was 14(ish), so dad could pull the truck through... All of the sudden BLAM! Bright light, and it sounded like someone had shot a 12 ga. off next to my ears.

One time dad was working on his forge in the shop, lightning struck the stack and blew him half way across the room! :jawdrop:

So dad's was closer than mine. LOL

 

[bullbuck]

i am guessing todays strike to be within 200'didnt have time to scout it out,but it spooked the cutters pretty good,i waited a bit to go sort logs,i have been within 80'and that was plenty intense

 

[Metals406]

Yeah, close lightning is a big no bueno!!

 

[redprospector]

Years ago I had a bolt of lightning go over me, just over the tree tops. It went across the draw and hit a big P Pine, probably 150 to 200 feet away. It was close enough it made every hair on my body stand on end. I said "Yes Sir", dropped my saw and ran for the truck. A couple of other fallers were in their trucks laughing at me. They said I cleared my strip in 3 steps.

Since then I have adopted the policy of a carpenter I once worked for. He always said "The first drop is God's fault, the second one is mine".

Andy

 

[bullbuck]

mikey said he has seen the ground start to spark around him before a big blast due to lightning being from the ground,i have no reason not to believe him...

 

[Metals406]

mikey said he has seen the ground start to spark around him before a big blast due to lightning being from the ground,i have no reason not to believe him...

Man, that'd be cool to see... From a distance... With a telescope.

Ain't that something with lightning though?.. That crap can come from the sky, or start from the ground.

 

[turnkey4099]

The other day I was sitting next to the patio door. FLASH/SNAP/CRACK!

Dunno how close it was but the flash and crack were only separated by the instant 'snap' I have no idea what the snap was but I don't ever want to hear it again.

Harry K