Taking cover.. wicked storm

Frig'n raging here.

the sky is falling :rolleyes:

Cool storm. Looked like a laser light show here in Haslett. I had to pull the plug on all appliances.

One interesting thing I did: I strung a wire to my gutter, then hooked it to the volt meter, and jammed the ground lead into the plumbing system. Each lightning strike generated approximately 50 millivolts of EMP energy. I was wishing I had a digital storage scope to capture the whole impulse.

our brick house just started creaking and groaning when the wind hit:shock: good thing it didnt stick around for too long.

We did not even have a drop of rain here. The storm split up and went north and south of here.

The storm over here was a disappointment. It looked as if most of the action was north of me. :(

Originally posted by ws6transam
Cool storm. Looked like a laser light show here in Haslett. I had to pull the plug on all appliances.

One interesting thing I did: I strung a wire to my gutter, then hooked it to the volt meter, and jammed the ground lead into the plumbing system. Each lightning strike generated approximately 50 millivolts of EMP energy. I was wishing I had a digital storage scope to capture the whole impulse.

I stuck a big metal rod into my Mr Fusion in order to generate the 1.21 jigawatts nessecary to power the flux capacitor!

Originally posted by MBonZ28
I stuck a big metal rod into my Mr Fusion in order to generate the 1.21 jigawatts nessecary to power the flux capacitor!

:D You must have been Killerjello's passenger!

KJ: cool observation--- I've not seen the 'fire' per say myself, but I've seen it strike close before when I was living in FLorida. I saw it strike a concrete telephone pole and literally blow all of the rainwater off the pole as it corkscrewed down the side. One thing I've always wondered is if cars are completely lightning-proof when the windows are rolled up. I dont think so but I haven't risked it before.

The sky was flashing continuously for well over an hour here from all the lightning. I have never seen so much lightning before. It got so bright outside at times it made it look like daylight.

Originally posted by ws6transam
:D You must have been Killerjello's passenger!

KJ: cool observation--- I've not seen the 'fire' per say myself, but I've seen it strike close before when I was living in FLorida. I saw it strike a concrete telephone pole and literally blow all of the rainwater off the pole as it corkscrewed down the side. One thing I've always wondered is if cars are completely lightning-proof when the windows are rolled up. I dont think so but I haven't risked it before.

cars are pretty safe cinsidering the only thing touching the ground is rubber tires. they arent lightning proof but unlikey to get stuck

Originally posted by MBonZ28
I stuck a big metal rod into my Mr Fusion in order to generate the 1.21 jigawatts nessecary to power the flux capacitor!

No wonder your Union won't give you a job.

IT'S GIGAWATT!

Perhaps you were confused with the pimpest license plate of all time?

Originally posted by Killerjello
that is not what makes cars safe...

the reason cars are safe is because the roof/body creates a faradays cage. the rubber tires have barely anything to do with it, the tire story is just a myth.



Perhaps there are two definitions to Faraday's cage. However, most electrical engineers will agree that a PERFECT faraday's cage can only be created by forming a hermetically sealed metal shield about the object which you want to shielding.

Effective Faradary's cages are built by looking at the highest frequency of the EFI of interest, and making sure that any openings or cracks that exist in the metal structure are at least smaller than 1/4 the wavelength of that frequency.

The discussion of Faraday's cages apply in nearly all cases to the study of radio emissions. A faraday's cage with an opening the size of a windshield, two side windows, and a big hatchback will not make a very effective faraday's cage with respect to electrical emissions. However, in the case of lightning, glass makes a dandy insulator. It is also a nice electrolyte for a capacitor. So, if lightning danced across the windshield of your car, there would be some capacitive coupling with the interior of the vehicle, I just dont know to what extent.

We seen some .25-.5" hail over here. Very damn cool....considering I don't keep the IROC outside.:)