geomark Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 Underachiever, Long Wheel Base, Bateleur1 and 4 others 7
Slowbee Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020  All the talk of lighting reminds me of this image. Cropped off his website here:https://mitchellkrog.com/biggest-lightning-strikes-ever-caught-on-camera/ Long Wheel Base 1
The Ouzo Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 Closest I have experienced was about 25-30 meters. Ligthing struck a palm tree in our garden at 3.00 am in the morning oh and then the lapa burnt down. Still had to do a system demo to the defence force and my eyes could not focus properly on anything as there was still ash in my eyes.We have one of those red and white telkom communication towers right behind our house, it is often hit. But normally I’m inside so no big deal, but the one day I was outside, when you hear the bang and see the flash at exactly the same time it makes you jump, like really high. Bateleur1 and Long Wheel Base 2
Albatross Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 You know the lightning strike was  close to home when your earth leakage trips (apart from the instantaneous flash bang)
Fruity Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 . Bateleur1, Underachiever, Long Wheel Base and 4 others 7
Fruity Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 . Steven Knoetze (sk27), Long Wheel Base, DJR and 2 others 5
100Tours Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 You know the lightning strike was  close to home when your earth leakage trips (apart from the instantaneous flash bang) I grew up in a house on one of the quartzite ridges around Joburg. A close strike was when it blew up the Telkom phone.
geomark Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 I grew up in a house on one of the quartzite ridges around Joburg. A close strike was when it blew up the Telkom phone.My last house on the Constantia Kloof ridge we had 3 modems on rotation, got fried on a very regular basisÂ
MTBeer Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 The Berg is notorious for serious storms in summer.As a rule we generally did not do the high berg in summer and rather kept to the kloofs like Didema Gorge.Winter is the time for the high bergdid a hike in the berg many years ago. Slept in a cave the one night and a thunderstorm hit. We were in the middle of those lightning strikes. Jeez it was loud. Think the hike was Bell Peak area? Not sure if that name is right. Kranswurm 1
Kranswurm Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) did a hike in the berg many years ago. Slept in a cave the one night and a thunderstorm hit. We were in the middle of those lightning strikes. Jeez it was loud. Think the hike was Bell Peak area? Not sure if that name is right.Bell Cave Not my pic Edited July 24, 2020 by Kranswurm MTBeer and DJR 2
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