Trap Shooting During Thunderstorm: Lightning Question - Page 3

JonInNY · August 13th, 2008, 03:32 PM

Thanks RamRod, for the interesting information!

nn · August 13th, 2008, 11:13 PM

Lighting is nothing to fool with, I was on a crew burying telephone cable, my job was to dig trenches for cable ends be spliced in pedestals. The storm moved in and lighting was striking the ground in the area. I was hurrying to finish the trench when an ele shock jumped out of a cable end and I found myself in the mud not sure how I got there. Was not hurt but I have respect for thunderstorms.

stanislaskasava · August 14th, 2008, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Ram Rod

Well, it's a close substitute. I actually pulled our family Christmas tree light cord out of the wall outlet when I was a child...just far enough I could see the progs exposed and the tree lights still on....I dropped a quarter directly onto the prongs and poof! I had a quarter with two gold spots on it! Needless to say, the lights remained lit after the incident, and it left a smoke mark on the wall above the wall plate. I picked the quarter up while it was still warm.

Does anyone remember the engraved ID bracelets and necklaces that were popular in the 80s? The ones that looked like dog tags, with name, age, home phone, etc. Well I was wearing the necklace version and leaned around a wall to flip a light switch on. The switch plate was loose and the tag dropped behind it somehow, shorting the switch. A similar poof and black scorch marks ensued. I was of course wondering why the lights went out (literally, not figuratively, as I felt no pain). I suppose the shortest path was through the tag and not through the metal chain around my neck... otherwise... who knows...

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August 13th, 2008, 11:13 PM	#22
nn VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NC Posts: 4,381	Lighting is nothing to fool with, I was on a crew burying telephone cable, my job was to dig trenches for cable ends be spliced in pedestals. The storm moved in and lighting was striking the ground in the area. I was hurrying to finish the trench when an ele shock jumped out of a cable end and I found myself in the mud not sure how I got there. Was not hurt but I have respect for thunderstorms.