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- kokoshka, on 08/17/2008, -30/+491oh my ***** god
- abajaj2280, on 08/18/2008, -18/+432PIIIIIIKAAAAACHUUUU!
- inactive, on 08/18/2008, -4/+271Lol....I love how the camera just jitters around when it strikes, you know for a fact he just ***** himself then.
- vassoom, on 08/18/2008, -1/+237Do you think the lightning made an incidental glass sculpture where it hit the sand? He should dig it up! (No pun intended.)
- DeskFlyer, on 08/17/2008, -2/+229Ask and you shall receive:
http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=2lo6vl0&s=4 - djpopn, on 08/18/2008, -17/+204OH MY ***** GOD
What's the weather report look like today, Ollie?
IT'S GON RAIIIIIIIN - BillyB, on 08/18/2008, -0/+174Pretty impressed with how quickly the camcorder adjusted the exposure for the brightness of that bolt.
- diggmachinee, on 08/18/2008, -8/+159I bet that was 1.21 gigawatts...
- thethimble, on 08/18/2008, -4/+117Down + B
- inactive, on 08/17/2008, -4/+104"I hope they never find out that lightning has a lot of vitamins in it, because do you hide from it or not?" - Jack Handey
- HallenbeckJoe, on 08/18/2008, -1/+97Digg needs a lightning section.
- t0ny, on 08/18/2008, -1/+96Deskflyer can I have $500?
- kleash, on 08/18/2008, -0/+87Yes, that's GDI's ion cannon
- inactive, on 08/18/2008, -2/+87Can I have a girlfriend?
- amanilaenvelope, on 08/18/2008, -1/+71@Puffles
Dammit man, he's only human not a god! - ax8284, on 08/18/2008, -1/+62what else is there to do in that kind of weather? besides busting out candyland and takin a stroll down gumdrop pass..
- BedPost, on 08/18/2008, -6/+66You realize that by saying no pun intended, it lets us all know that you intended it, right?
- lamiaconfitor, on 08/18/2008, -5/+64OOOOOhhh mmmmyyyyyyy fffffffffuuuuuuuucccccckkkkkkkkiiiiiiinnnnnnnggggggg GGGGGGGGGoooooooooodddddddd!
- Battlecry, on 08/18/2008, -1/+58I was thinking the same thing. When lightning hits sand it sometimes turns to glass, called a flugurite, and is worth a fair bit of money :)
- damntourists, on 08/18/2008, -1/+55that loud boom and crackling sound was actually the sound of him ***** himself violently.
- handheldchimp, on 08/18/2008, -2/+54Knowing me, I would have gone out to the sand to see if it had turned into a glass crater.
- Elliuotatar, on 08/18/2008, -0/+47Why? Do you jitter a lot when you *****?
- stuffradio, on 08/18/2008, -3/+50Can I have $50,000 /week for 25 years?
- FoxOrian, on 08/18/2008, -1/+47That guy got a pretty lucky shot!
A lightning bolt hit the apartment building across from my window the other day. Lightning that strikes that close makes absolutely amazing sounds that you just can't really experience anywhere else except from a real mother-nature lightning strike. It scared the ***** out of me because I barely had any time to react when I saw the flash, but I just sat at my desk staring wide-eyed at where it struck in complete utter amazement.
[Anyone else around here in the Boston, MA area knows we've had a strange increase in lightning storm activity this summer. -- not that I'm complaining, I think lightning and thunder makes a day more interesting!] - flxfxp, on 08/18/2008, -2/+47Can you give me a slomo rick roll?
- handheldchimp, on 08/18/2008, -6/+50I believe it's Jigawatts.
- ZER0JACK, on 08/18/2008, -9/+49OMFG
- dalectrics, on 08/18/2008, -0/+36Kinda worked out well don't you reckon????
- handheldchimp, on 08/18/2008, -2/+37You could get ultra high and walk out into the storm!
- shadeOfGrey, on 08/18/2008, -0/+32**Fragglerock**
- FreeTalkLIve, on 08/18/2008, -1/+33Someone invent a lightning catcher to power the world and stuff.
It's sad to see all of that power just pissed away. - mycartel, on 08/18/2008, -3/+29i was hoping for 7 slow-motion replays, each of which were slightly slower than the last
- amanilaenvelope, on 08/18/2008, -2/+27Masturbate?
- Nerfdude, on 08/18/2008, -0/+25like, thrown it? i believe the term is "pinched a loaf".
- Flashtone, on 08/18/2008, -1/+25I want one wish... and with that one wish.. I want 5 wishes.
- flxfxp, on 08/18/2008, -1/+24http://blaccuweather.com/?code=NLXX0016
- ricopicouk, on 08/18/2008, -0/+22yeah me too.
That said, - would you have ventured out into the water ata time like that!!?? - gn0stik, on 08/18/2008, -0/+22I'm surprised that the camera didn't wig out, or shut off. All that em in the air after a lightening strike must be huge. That dude's got some solid nerves and good ***** camera.
- Fapsauss, on 08/18/2008, -3/+25the "glass" that is formed is called lechatelierite. people will pay outrageous prices for a big enough piece. id love to make a bong out of one. how many people could say they have a bong blown from lightning???
- lamiaconfitor, on 08/18/2008, -1/+22http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnqtXOi1iaY
When this baby hits 88 miles per hour...
You are going to see some serious *****! - pault107, on 08/18/2008, -5/+26http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=pu ...
- Brocclibob, on 08/18/2008, -0/+20I had one strike near my house earlier this year. I don't think I have ever heard anything more earth-shatteringly loud in my life.
Humans have nothing on Mother Nature. - kaykfrink, on 08/18/2008, -1/+20Is that really a trick? I remember doing that when I was 10 with my VCR.
- Scynet, on 08/18/2008, -1/+20It's actually a lot more.
"...this works out to approximately one gigavolt (one billion volts) for a 300 m (1000 ft) lightning bolt. With an electric current of 100 kA, this gives a power of 100 terawatts."
100 terawatts = 100 000 gigawatts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning#Properties_ ...
/random_info - MrIso, on 08/18/2008, -1/+20jiggawho?
- toonworld, on 08/18/2008, -0/+18and possibly gotten hit by another bolt when walking over there?
- Auryn, on 08/18/2008, -2/+20By the power of Grayskull!
- alperea, on 08/18/2008, -1/+19what the hell is a jiggawatt?!
- Sornos, on 08/18/2008, -0/+17***sandy glass stick***
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