Florida lightning

[Raindropfurry]

Florida, home of the lightning.

Today, there was a huge tornado! Yikes, it was really close to me! it was Black and HUGE. :U

[aqueseth]

A Large lightnint

[NirvanaMegadeth1567]

0:05 holy shit pause it :O

[WetPooooopie]

wow a few seonds into the video and boom entertainment

[awesomelightning]

superbolt! thats exactly what I do in our floridian thunderstorms.

[PS3DRA]

stop the vid at 0:04

[Dazmaster75]

that strike mustve been about 500 yards away!

[rivermonsoon]

woo.. love that one.. check out the ones I cought by the Colorado river in NV. I think we were a bit too close

[bigluke1990]

ahh man i wanna go back on holiday

[Xxero0]

It's becoming that time of year here again... which makes it fucking awesome/

[Rael0505]

Beautiful. I miss Florida so much.

[KJT922010T]

we get lightning that close all the time here in FL

[dabrat242]

that lightning strike was so fucking thick!

[OmgARobery]

Very nice Strike, Thanks for the Video

[GGGRRR]

Yay i love my home state!

We get the best weather!!

[awesomelightning]

@GGGRRR yes!

[dcabrer1]

Florida is the best :-) We get the best summer storms. gotta love it

[awesomelightning]

high five to my fellow floridian neighbors who agree with him/her!

[WeeJazzy]

Is this in Orlando or somewhere else??

[stormguy07]

Actually that kind of frame is not enough to protect you. Too many openings at the top, and usaully those kind of structures are too weak to help much. Sturdy buildings, and hard top vehicles are you safest bet. Film from a car or from in the building.

[chunder123]

You are standing under a metal frame in lightning. Isnt that a tad dangerous?

[bandit1077]

Someone may prove me wrong, but I would think that is a fine place to watch lightning. The frame would act similar to a Faraday cage I think.

[spongersurfer]

Spot on, the frame would provide you with protection, although if there was any moisture on the floor, you may get a bit of shock as the lightning earths itself.

[CombatSportFan]

@bandit1077 That's actually a good question. At first I figured the glass would be a hazard since lightning can go through it, however the principal behind your theory is accurate based on the car rule. Cars with solid tops are very safe to be in thunderstorms because if lightning strikes, so long as you aren't touching metal, it'll pass through and out without harming you. If that is the case then the only remaining bit is whether or not the flooring there would be considered grounded.

[awesomelightning]

@CombatSportFan it isn't glass. it is a mesh net. but the car principle is called a "faraday cage".

[awesomelightning]

@bandit1077 ding ding ding! you are ABSOLUTELY correct!

[anonymousstormchaser]

lol obviously its a terrible place to be.

[awesomelightning]

@chunder123 actually, the metalframe is to protect people from lightning. I live there, so I know. the metal frame acts as a faraday cage, and when lightning strkes the frame, the electricity is conducted AROUND the space, therefore, protecting the person, unless he/she is touching the frame!

[Sean117Ply]

I love flordi want to live there one day

[whiteboidevin]

i live in florida and hate it

[Sean117Ply]

why?

[whiteboidevin]

cause theirs nothing to do here! you gotta like travel far distances 4 everthing and its to hot and always raining well not anymore but the beaches are eroding away and it just like no fun

[nwtampaguy34]

where in fl do you live. Im in Tampa. plenty to do here and love all the lightning Storms we get here

[kurikoisloved]

Let me tell you- I almost got struck by lightning four times since being at Florida... lightning is wild here.

[nwbrdtn4]

Lookin nice

[NinjaPeople]

stop with the stupid porn crap. geeze...

[andyrae1971]

dont you just love florida storms. 3.30pm every day during the summer set your watch by them

[liamreid123]

i think they call it stattacco lightning or summat

[csason]

heat lightning-no thunder..

[chatterbox123hi]

hahahahhahaah ur wright! he would have been a fried chicken!

[AJHardy26]

lol, close that was near enough through yer window!