Posted by Skyhighballoon(MO) on September 17, 2021 at 06:55:38 from (64.224.88.108):
In Reply to: Lightening strikes posted by jon f mn on September 17, 2021 at 05:03:16:
Quote: CVPost-Bill(Wis) (quoted from post at 07:39:26 09/17/21) We had lightning strike quite close one time that cracked the foundation of the building it struck next to. Left a 3-foot hole in the ground. Microwave and coffee maker were toast. Each on its own circuit. We had 2 VCRs connected to the same outlet. One was fried, the other was OK. I've seen lightning in the immediate aftermath of a thunderstorm that came 'out of the blue'. We were always told not to fly any closer than 20 miles from a thunderstorm. Thunderstorms have very high-velocity updrafts and downdrafts. Which make for some interesting occurrences.
Bill for hot-air balloons our general rule is 100 miles away. Been multiple incidents over the years of of balloons hit with sudden wind gusts/shears from downdraft outflows from thunderstorms from far away.
Edit to add: Not long after I was born in the late 60's, our farm house was hit by lightning on the TV antenna pole on the south side of the house. About six inches above the ground there is split in the antenna pipe pole where it jumped out, through the concrete foundation (blowing a hole through it), onto the the furnance duct work where it traveled to the other side of the house and jumped to the telephone and burnt it out. It was a poured foundation but I think Dad had to chisel our for two concrete blocks he used to repair it. About 10 years later we got hit again, not sure if it was a direct strike but it came down the TV antenna wire and blew up the UHF/VHF splitter on the back of the TV but didn't damage the TV. We had all just gone to bed and got up to check on things. Luckily we did as there was a small fire on carpet behind the TV from splitter being burnt up.
This post was edited by Skyhighballoon(MO) on 09/17/2021 at 07:02 am.
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