tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post772353863048102279..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: TOF and the LightningTheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-74628808207298947082016-09-11T10:35:14.902-04:002016-09-11T10:35:14.902-04:00Good point. No wonder we see smiting by lightning ...Good point. No wonder we see smiting by lightning as a paradigm example of the power of gods.<br /><br />Christi pax.Lucretiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00685308727148242500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-81726810240353590962016-09-11T10:30:29.048-04:002016-09-11T10:30:29.048-04:00Good point. No wonder we see smiting by lightning ...Good point. No wonder we see smiting by lightning as a paradigm example of the power of gods.<br /><br />Christi pax.Lucretiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00685308727148242500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-32164892830930498032016-09-11T07:23:22.568-04:002016-09-11T07:23:22.568-04:00Lightening is a powerful thing! I was sitting on ...Lightening is a powerful thing! I was sitting on a porch during a thunder shower watching the rain and listening to the thunder coming nearer. Suddenly a flash about five-feet wide and the loudest BOOM! I'd ever heard appeared about forty-feet in front of me. It was terrifying and spectacular.M Lee Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07846078385437440119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-10763318291312244292016-09-11T07:23:13.446-04:002016-09-11T07:23:13.446-04:00Lightening is a powerful thing! I was sitting on ...Lightening is a powerful thing! I was sitting on a porch during a thunder shower watching the rain and listening to the thunder coming nearer. Suddenly a flash about five-feet wide and the loudest BOOM! I'd ever heard appeared about forty-feet in front of me. It was terrifying and spectacular.M Lee Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07846078385437440119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-1843063838238393492016-09-10T05:03:22.856-04:002016-09-10T05:03:22.856-04:00Where I come from (northern Arizona, US), they kno...Where I come from (northern Arizona, US), they know witches aren't responsible for lightning strikes (although certain things like having animals in the house during storms and weaving certain patterns in your blankets are said to <i>attract</i> lightning). But they do think witches <i>use</i> lightning-struck wood to curse people. Navajo witches, though, are almost exclusively male.Sophia's Favoritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871625814389904112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-4820799276981225332016-09-09T11:44:43.927-04:002016-09-09T11:44:43.927-04:00That doesn't sound like fun - glad you didn...That doesn't sound like fun - glad you didn't end up conducting anything - but like an event it is good to think back having lived through. Such an experience for me was witnessing a hurricane front and center, including passing through the eye. The wind blows really, really hard, ripping remarkably large trees out of the ground. It rains a lot. <br /><br />Which reminds me: People talk about how sea level rise might cause Florida to become a shallow spot in the ocean as if that's a bad thing. Joseph Moorehttps://yardsaleofthemind.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-25485648453749902222016-09-09T08:21:30.536-04:002016-09-09T08:21:30.536-04:00I was up close and personal to a very near shot dr...I was up close and personal to a very near shot driving through/away from a tropical storm in South Carolina many moons ago. It was purple and all encompassing and gave me an entirely new frame of reference for omnipotence. An awful, terrible thing. I am glad I "saw" it but I would not choose to do it again.<br /><br />TOF, you are being hastened to write more before the reaper comes. Heed the omen!Robhttp://ralspaugh.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-361160229515277002016-09-09T04:54:22.735-04:002016-09-09T04:54:22.735-04:00I grew up west of Johannesburg. The whole interior...I grew up west of Johannesburg. The whole interior plateau of southern Africa is lightning central during the summer months, esp. Nov-Jan.<br /><br />We used to listen for decreasing intervals between lightning and thunder. When it got to a certain level, the TV had to go off, anyone in the bath had to get out. If you were swimming, you got out as soon as you heard thunder. You knew the storm was right overhead when there was a flash, the phone went "peep!" followed by the sharpest, loudest bang! Your line of "a sharp snap with clean edges, like sheet metal", is exactly right!<br /><br />Traditional folklore at that latitude has it that witches cause lightning strikes that kill people. Every now and then, some lonely old woman in a rural district gets lynched because someone was struck by lightning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-64838246249948027812016-09-09T02:30:54.323-04:002016-09-09T02:30:54.323-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sophia's Favoritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871625814389904112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-92084324174562101902016-09-09T02:20:56.998-04:002016-09-09T02:20:56.998-04:00This might interest: https://what-if.xkcd.com/16/This might interest: https://what-if.xkcd.com/16/Sophia's Favoritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871625814389904112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-83101703136926744942016-09-09T00:51:16.993-04:002016-09-09T00:51:16.993-04:00We were driving past a transformer on a power pole...We were driving past a transformer on a power pole once-- it was on the far side of the road, late night either after a movie or the fair, can't remember-- and it exploded.<br /><br />You could *feel* the electricity in the air, almost like a hum or almost the opposite how humidity feels when you first walk into it, before your skin is wet.<br />I've felt something *like* it when I was far too close to far too much electricity, but not that strongly. Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-38252485414417199542016-09-08T19:52:22.133-04:002016-09-08T19:52:22.133-04:00My uncle made the mistake of tying to finish the b...My uncle made the mistake of tying to finish the back nine. Said he jumped up and ran 100 yards to the clubhouse. It was there that he discovers he had broken his leg. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750763393428404220noreply@blogger.com