Posted by Crazy Red Power in SE-WI on June 27, 2010 at 15:25:24 from (75.128.197.43):
In Reply to: Storm a while ago posted by Fred Martin on June 27, 2010 at 13:52:36:
A few years ago, I went out for the mail. I knew there was a storm comming at us, but it was dying fast as it raced across the county. I checked on it's status once I reached the mailbox. There was a lone rain shaft & you could tell it was petering out; not a flash or rumble. I did an about face & headed back to the house. Not 20' from the road, while looking at some clouds over the house, everything went white. I froze. The report from that bolt left a ringing in my ears that sounded like an 806 snarling on a mix-all. Shapes & other things started to come back to me. I shuffled back to the garage to sit down & figure out what happened. I took my hat off & rubbed my head, hoping for the ringing to subside. I started to check myself over & noticed my feet were quite hot. I went to undo my laces & the knot came off in my hands. I pulled the other knot off & kicked off my shoes. The soles were close to smooth with gravel stuck in the rubber! I also noticed some faint black skid marks on the concrete floor where I walked in the garage. It felt like I was walking on a sunburn. My feet hurt for a week! As I was trying to figure out what happened, I found the culprit tree in the front yard. It's a tree that has a history of being struck a few times in the past. The distance from that tree, to my position in the driveway, is about 150'. I was roughly 30' out of the hot zone. My outcome may have differed if the ground was saturated with rain & not dampened by sprinkles.
Another interesting find: The button on top of my cap had a small hole burned out of the material. This may (I emphasize may as I'm not 100% sure) have been left behind by a +streamer. A streamer being the positive leader reaching up to the negative leader comming out of the clouds. There can be a few streamers & the -leader will connect with the hottest streamer or the path of least resistance & viola, you have lightning. Fortunately, it weren't me! Hopefully, it won't be any of you readers either. Sure, generations before you have gotten out of the fields just fine with rain & lightning lickin' at their heels. I just don't know how many chances everyone gets when lightning chooses to audition you for a strike & goes the other way. Unless your job or whatever you're doing is so pressing you need to stay out in the elements, don't be a lightning rod. That storm was about 7 or 8 miles out when it lit up my life. - Mike
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