lightning strike
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Cool pics jefk, - we'll see you on the weather channel one day...either talking about it or just flying by 
I bet the buildings grounding rods are punched in under that lightning strike. Lightning usually needs some sort of attraction IMO. The Transformer, - yea that's candy. The earth ground ended it tho. Yea, they usually hammer in 8-12 foot copper or copper coated grounding rods around the buildings, - close to main box.
Have two 8'ers here, just for the garage lol...it's code.
I bet the buildings grounding rods are punched in under that lightning strike. Lightning usually needs some sort of attraction IMO. The Transformer, - yea that's candy. The earth ground ended it tho. Yea, they usually hammer in 8-12 foot copper or copper coated grounding rods around the buildings, - close to main box.
Have two 8'ers here, just for the garage lol...it's code.
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WOO!! haha , I don't see any around here except like downton Austin on the buildings maybe, here by Hutto , there mostly fields for lightning to hit
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Had a lightning strike during a swimming lesson as a kid 30+ years ago. There were about a dozen of us in the pool. No sign of any storm, just overcast clouds then BOOM...lightning struck a wooden fence post about 3-4 feet from the pool. Sent some splinters into a few people near the post, but everyone was okay. Scary **** for sure. Not sure what would've happened if it had struck the pool itself.
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I think there's a lot a potential in that pic myself, im thinking about calling my truck an f150 lighting after this last ordeal and hook one of these up to it lol
Last edited by Jefk; Aug 28, 2014 at 02:13 PM.