6-1-11 Lightning Strike at the Prudential in Boston

[JORGEPSOUSA911]

Nice!

[321toast]

@commish96 still pretty sick video:D

[WindyCityNovelties]

Good thing there was that rod-shaped thing their to draw in the lightning. If only all structures were outfitted with theses . . . rods . . . then perhaps lightning would strike buildings and not be the number one killer of all people everywhere. *shakes angry fist*

[flaberger123]

Great catch..!! Cheers.....

[notreveh]

Raiden wins...FATALITY!

[LitrentaProductions]

if you press 1 fast enough theres 2 lightnig bolts on the right side, but sometimes theres only 1 :O

[Zombwaffie]

THAT is tight.

[Ltrain3457]

Looks like Thor is a Bruins fan

[XTREMBORDOFIN]

720P

:)

[fr8shakker]

awesome video!!

[SynergyMediaPartners]

Nice shot! Good job setting up for it.

[sitstaygimmeeakiss]

Too bad you didn't catch more. It was like that for what seemed to be 45 minutes to a hour. I was too scared to time it...

[ejud2001]

NICE grab!!! :)

[oraclehkr]

I live on St. Botolph like a block away...was taking a nap, and this woke me up because my whole apartment shook with the thunder.

[mbta0293]

I've said it before and I'll say it again the Prudential is one bad ass motha f*cka!

[OnWithTheMission]

I don't understand how that bolt hit the building and yet the electricity in the building didn't go out (or did it?)

[GoondocksCastle]

@OnWithTheMission Would you like first an explanation of how lightning rods work, or magnets?

[Beltan83]

@OnWithTheMission If you look at tall building you notice a massive rod on top of almost all of them, which is called a "lightning rod", and that is connected to the ground by wires,what that'll do is, whenever the building gets hit by lightning strikes it conducts the shock to the ground and saves the building from harm. I hope that explains why skyscrapers are usually safe from lighting strikes

[MATTGRAYY]

Hold 1... DEAR GOD!

[eddriclee]

its scary because i was literally right next to it. at the apple store. *shiver*

[paulus1st]

nice thunder sound !

[DrSanto91]

Damn i saw this when i was in the red line heading inbound to charles/mgh. I was like oh crap that bolt of lightning just hit the prudential building.

[aramis525]

WOW!!



[wookiee22]

I thought the Bruins took care of the Lightning last week.

[Hilaryfay20]

@wookiee22 ha ha ha!!

[Jessi1126]

Amazing!!

[Hilaryfay20]

WOW!!!