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Old 08-04-2006   #9 (permalink)
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Re: Lightning

A rather lovely thing had happened just weeks ago. It was raining (monsoon season) all night, till the morning. Lightning frequent, but mostly remaining up in the sky.

I was sipping warm soup, watching the transformer in front of my apartments spark and spark. Suddenly, there was lightning and I'm pretty sure it hit the transformer. It exploded loudly, and it was like a huge fire cracker, with sparks flying in the air for about two or three seconds.

Later, when I inspected the transformer (It had fallen down and leaked all over the place), the metal had definitely almost melted at places.

What creeps me out is fact that our building is struck by lightning quite often. Almost everytime there is a storm.


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