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Originally Posted by C1ay
There should have been a "within 10 feet" option on the poll. Lightning hit the center of a pool a had just exitted. I was also within 20 feet of a utility transformer when it was hit.
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Feel free to add it C1ay.
It is quite syncronitic that you mention a pool as I voted within 100 feet and it was indeed a pool the lighning struck. The pool was on a hill in the midwest, and we guards took turns camping overnight to prevent theft & vandalism. As we lay under a cover attached to the club house, we watched a series of 8 separate thunderstorm cells pass us over. The lightning struck about 60 feet away, possibling hitting a light pole first, and then snaking to the pool and water on the deck. It blew out the pump motor inspite of the circuit breakers.
It was awsome dudes & dudettes.
On the scientific side, member FrankM has put some interesting sites and data on atmosphereic electric effects in this thread:
Piezoelectric earth
Here is a link to a French satellite program Frank mentioned; I have yet to explore it thouroughly but even a cursory examination gets good marks.
http://smsc.cnes.fr/DEMETER/
