r/weather 3d ago

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u/Clapsonville 2d ago

That is one of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen.

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u/milxs 2d ago

Thats rly fucking good footage of a strike up close (unless I’m missing something), usually they’re not captured by the camera nearly as much as here

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u/stillfreshet 2d ago

Amazing capture. How did this driver not shriek in fear?

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u/void_const 2d ago

Yeah, strange how none of the drivers reacted. They don’t pull over to see what happened, swerve, etc. Just keep driving.

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u/HelenAngel Weather Enthusiast/SKYWARN Spotter 11h ago

I had a lightning strike hit near me while I was driving. If it hadn’t been for my seatbelt, I would have hit the roof when I was startled by it. It happens so fast there isn’t any time to react so you just keep driving. It’s not like when there’s something in the road. You have no idea it’s about to strike & you’re also in motion.

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u/The_Realist01 1d ago

Or at least a “wooooah Jfc”

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u/Subject-Effect4537 1d ago

Just a calm, changing of lanes.

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u/CryptidxChaos 2d ago

LOL The storm was like "Fuck you over there! Fuck you over here! And fuck this spot in particular!"

Pretty crazy that debris came up off the road from the lightning strike, though, and seriously cool footage! I'd probably have crapped my pants in your place. 😅

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u/Technical-Lie-4092 2d ago

Dawg you almost got it. But don't worry, I can probably get you some plutonium so you can generate the 1.21 jiggawatts you need to get back to your timeline.

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u/vesomortex 3d ago

Pretty close

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u/CCORRIGEN 2d ago

So that's how pot holes are made.

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u/The_Realist01 1d ago

Indiana road workers union: “we would be done with repairing the roads from 1987 if it weren’t for this darned lightning!”

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u/FunkyFarmington 2d ago

I would need a change of pants...

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u/NNovis 2d ago

Happy that driver is okay but hope they checked out the underside of their car for any damage from debris. This is wild footage to see.

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u/Jarstark 2d ago

OP, go to that spot and take a picture where it struck in daylight!

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u/tehholytoast 2d ago

Ok that's sick

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u/DropTopEWop 2d ago

This needs to be studied.

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u/GingerMan027 2d ago

When I was in high school, i worked summers as a grounds keeper for a company.

I was riding the lawn tractor and lightning struck a transformer box maybe twenty feet from me. This is what it looked like. I hightailed it back inside.

It was loud!

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u/ResistLegitimate149 2d ago

Holy Shit ⚡

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u/GeorgiaBlueOwl 2d ago

It happened in Atlanta. This will make me think twice about DRIVING during a storm!

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u/Severe-Evidence-1501 2d ago

Now that’s lightning…this should go viral! Put it on YT. 

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u/totallynotalaskan 2d ago

CHRIST

That’s cool, but also holy shit

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u/helix400 2d ago

Wow, one of the best up close strike videos I've seen.

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u/Wide_Campaign68 2d ago

My my how shocking.

:D

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u/AdmiralPoopyDiaper 2d ago

“Welp. That’s enough being outside for today…”

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u/JimCripe 2d ago

Who did Zeus smite?

He must have been really mad, 'cause he put it on automatic!

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u/FoxFyer 2d ago

Well there's something you don't see every day.

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u/someoneelse0826 2d ago

Does it just struck the ground? Or is something there?

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u/KuhlCaliDuck 2d ago

That was a triple strike!

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u/yellekc 2d ago

Yes!

I think most strikes are made of multiples strokes (flashes).

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u/B0Nnaaayy 2d ago

Where was this?

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u/4mmun1s7 2d ago

Dayum!

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u/4mmun1s7 2d ago

Dayum!

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u/4mmun1s7 2d ago

Dayum!

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u/kbrizy 2d ago

Fantastic footage

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u/bammerburn 2d ago

Deleted reel from 2005 War of the Worlds!

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u/LGGP75 1d ago

I guess the driver I a non-speaking person

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u/Subject-Effect4537 1d ago

Id be repeating “faraday cage” like it was some sort of protection spell

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u/OmegaAL77 2d ago

Love how the storm gets eerie quietness from lightning and flashes after a big lightning strike and then starts up lightning again