Another wild storm last night

[bigredfish]

After 4 months of Dry, dry, dry, Mother Nature has been playing catch up in Floriduh this week

My old 'hood last night
Couple of things to note:
1- Lightning hits power pole left of camera at 22:14:07
2- Notice wind and driving rain going right to left (north) at beginning, and within seconds after lightning hit, changes 180 degrees going left to right (south)
3- 2nd clip shows sparks and fire from downed wire when they turn power back on at around 3:45am





Looks like the grounding rods/support cables? ? took the hit and may have been vaproized, new ones installed

 

[Timokreon]

I like how the sprinklers are going during this.

 

[bigredfish]

Yeah and at first I thought that was just spray coming from the left, until I realized it was smoke!

 

[tigerwillow1]

At least there weren't any alligators walking the street.

 

[TonyR]

1) And that wind was indeed fierce: look at the stop sign at the start and then again near the end and you can see how much it actually bent the pole/unistrut that it is mounted to!

2) And sadly none of the power co. workers that I see are wearing anything reflective at 3 AM as they work in the roadway, likely a violation of company policy and/or OSHA. The work they do is dangerous enough without tempting a motorist to not see them as they are distracted by the goings-on (fire, downed lines, vehicles with flashing lights, etc.).

A not so surprising statistic I read some time ago is that more first responders, utility workers and power co. workers are injured at night even though they are in the roadway during the day almost twice as much as they are at night.

After working in the roadway for over 31 years, much of that with utility and power companies, I know of what I speak.

 

[CanCuba]

1) And that wind was indeed fierce: look at the stop sign at the start and then again near the end and you can see how much it actually bent the pole/unistrut that it is mounted to!

2) And sadly none of the power co. workers that I see are wearing anything reflective at 3 AM as they work in the roadway, likely a violation of company policy and/or OSHA. The work they do is dangerous enough without tempting a motorist to not see them as they are distracted by the goings-on (fire, downed lines, vehicles with flashing lights, etc.).

A not so surprising statistic I read some time ago is that more first responders, utility workers and power co. workers are injured at night even though they are in the roadway during the day almost twice as much as they are at night.

After working in the roadway for over 31 years, much of that with utility and power companies, I know of what I speak.

Workers like this have my total respect. It's naturally dangerous work often at heights. But, yeah, some vests would be nice to see.

 

[CanCuba]

That dead end sign on the extreme right is doing some serious RPMs! Surprised it didn't take flight!

 

[bigredfish]

That dead end sign on the extreme right is doing some serious RPMs! Surprised it didn't take flight!

Ya think? LOL