Ball Lightning

Ladyzekke · 06-15-2002, 07:54 PM

Well in the spirit of boredom, I offer this topic LOL. Ahem. Ball Lightning yes. Lightning in the form of a ball that can travel horizontally, come through people's windows or out of their fireplaces, moving about in random patterns. What do you think? Ever seen it before? If you don't know what it is, here is a link of personal sightings:

http://www.amasci.com/weird/unusual/bl.html

Scholarcs · 06-15-2002, 08:04 PM

o_O I have heard about this before, sounds scary and dangerous! Or maybe someone has found a scroll of cast lightning?

Triconan · 06-15-2002, 09:27 PM

Fun if you ever find out how tell me. PLEASE!

Cloudbringer · 06-15-2002, 10:31 PM

Whoa! [img]graemlins/wow.gif[/img] I never saw anything like this before! Kewl!

06-15-2002, 11:02 PM

I have seen this twice in my life [img]smile.gif[/img] from quite a distance.

When I was growing up part of the time I lived on a farm in PA. on top of a flattened mountain (they would call it a mesa in the west I think) and we would sit out on the porch and watch thunderstorms come up the valley from the west, it was so awesome to watch the light shows as lighting would strike trees as it approached. Our house and barn had lightning rods all over them and we would get hit a lot too, but fortunatly the lightning was shunted into the earth [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 06-15-2002, 11:03 PM: Message edited by: MagiK ]

06-16-2002, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ladyzekke:
Well in the spirit of boredom, I offer this topic LOL. Ahem. Ball Lightning yes. Lightning in the form of a ball that can travel horizontally, come through people's windows or out of their fireplaces, moving about in random patterns. What do you think? Ever seen it before? If you don't know what it is, here is a link of personal sightings:

http://www.amasci.com/weird/unusual/bl.html

I don't think I've ever see ball lightning but I was coming into Tucson from its north side one night and there was a storm in the valley...me and the people with me saw a bolt of lightning cross the sky horizontally and loop itself once as it went. It was wicked!

I also had a friend who said her mom had their dishwasher running and the front door open during a thunderstorm and a bolt came through the door, straight into the kitchen and blasted the dishwasher.
I am awfully cautious (now lol) when there are big storms outside...they don't tell you to take precautions for no reason!
I was on my phone once when a thunderstorm was approaching...well I let it get a little too close before I hung up and it zapped a phone line in the neighborhood taking every phone jack in my house out in the process lol. I was lucky I didn't get zapped through the phone...it just went dead and then I had to pay a guy from the phone company to come out and replace three jacks!

dizzy · 06-16-2002, 02:35 AM

That is very cool! I just spent awhile reading those! Very, almost, should I say, scary!

dizzy · 06-16-2002, 02:45 AM

vry cool!

Elif Godson · 06-16-2002, 02:50 AM

Here in Florida, mostly Tampa, you see it more often. We have been dubbed the lightning capital of the world after all. It is rather freaky but aweinspiring at the same time. We also get some killer water spouts that seem to flash up for no reason also.
I watched one, a water sput that is, go from the bay through my friends swimming pool, then right back out to the bay. This was followed by a very strong blast of lightning which blew out the windows on his back porch. Talk about holy @#$% and stuff if we werent wet already we would have been

06-15-2002, 07:54 PM	#1
Ladyzekke Ironworks Atomic Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Virginia, U.S.A. Age: 57 Posts: 9,005	Well in the spirit of boredom, I offer this topic LOL. Ahem. Ball Lightning yes. Lightning in the form of a ball that can travel horizontally, come through people's windows or out of their fireplaces, moving about in random patterns. What do you think? Ever seen it before? If you don't know what it is, here is a link of personal sightings: http://www.amasci.com/weird/unusual/bl.html __________________ Reality Show Recaps

06-15-2002, 08:04 PM	#2
Scholarcs Red Dragon Join Date: December 5, 2001 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Age: 38 Posts: 1,557	o_O I have heard about this before, sounds scary and dangerous! Or maybe someone has found a scroll of cast lightning? __________________ <br />\"A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five\" - Groucho Marx<br />Member of the ORT Clan. <br />\"Some birds are not meant to be caged because their feathers are too bright\"<br />Ma bouche sera la bouche des malheurs qui n\'ont point de bouche, ma voix, la liberté de celles qui s\'affaissent au cachot du désespoir. - Aimé Césaire<br />La plus perdue de toutes les journées est celle où l\'on n\'a pas ri. - Sébastien Roch Nicolas

06-15-2002, 09:27 PM	#3
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06-15-2002, 10:31 PM	#4
Cloudbringer Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Upstate NY USA Posts: 19,737	Whoa! [img]graemlins/wow.gif[/img] I never saw anything like this before! Kewl! __________________ "Don't take life for granted." Animal (may he rest in peace)

06-16-2002, 02:35 AM	#7
dizzy Mephistopheles Join Date: January 18, 2002 Location: Baumholder Germany Age: 39 Posts: 1,434	That is very cool! I just spent awhile reading those! Very, almost, should I say, scary! __________________ An Army of fun. <br /><br />\"The worst thing about being in Germany in the Army is having to wakeup everyday\" <img border=\"0\" title=\"\" alt=\"[Wink]\" src=\"wink.gif\" />

06-15-2002, 11:02 PM	#5
MagiK Guest Posts: n/a	I have seen this twice in my life [img]smile.gif[/img] from quite a distance. When I was growing up part of the time I lived on a farm in PA. on top of a flattened mountain (they would call it a mesa in the west I think) and we would sit out on the porch and watch thunderstorms come up the valley from the west, it was so awesome to watch the light shows as lighting would strike trees as it approached. Our house and barn had lightning rods all over them and we would get hit a lot too, but fortunatly the lightning was shunted into the earth [img]smile.gif[/img] [ 06-15-2002, 11:03 PM: Message edited by: MagiK ]

06-16-2002, 02:45 AM	#8
dizzy Mephistopheles Join Date: January 18, 2002 Location: Baumholder Germany Age: 39 Posts: 1,434	vry cool! __________________ An Army of fun. <br /><br />\"The worst thing about being in Germany in the Army is having to wakeup everyday\" <img border=\"0\" title=\"\" alt=\"[Wink]\" src=\"wink.gif\" />

06-16-2002, 02:50 AM	#9
Elif Godson Dracolich Join Date: August 28, 2001 Location: Hurricane Valley Age: 51 Posts: 3,089	Here in Florida, mostly Tampa, you see it more often. We have been dubbed the lightning capital of the world after all. It is rather freaky but aweinspiring at the same time. We also get some killer water spouts that seem to flash up for no reason also. I watched one, a water sput that is, go from the bay through my friends swimming pool, then right back out to the bay. This was followed by a very strong blast of lightning which blew out the windows on his back porch. Talk about holy @#$% and stuff if we werent wet already we would have been __________________ Children get Arthritis too! http://awtampa.kintera.org/jaaware

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