Sears Tower struck by lightning

[scyllaandcharybdis]

well.... there goes the 'lightning-never-strikes-in-th­e-same-place-twice' theory

[realmtz]

not true,mavey

[realmtz]

not true

[temple400]

just think if all that energy from the strike was stored a self suffecient tower

[Kandiceblue16]

its changed to the name willis tower but i still call it the willis tower

[Dumieess]

this was true I say but maybe it just didnt hit the tower ! (:

[MrMrmonsterguy]

That was pretty wicked!

[PUTSOUTHINYOURMOUTH]

The way Sears manages to give away all this charity to ABC Extreme Home Makeover and to US TROOPS is because they LOVE to SCREW the customers at the return counter! I would rather take money out of my pocket and give it DIRECTLY to the troops or to a needy family rather than have a HUGE CORPORATE BLOODSUCKING GIANT STEAL IT FROM ME!

[Kasdejathe5th]

@k0k3t00919

Learn to read and think. its three SEPARATE strikes he recorded within ten minutes.

He cut out the filler, that you wouldn't want to have watched. Then he slowed down the video, making three lightening strikes last :45 seconds.

[MissingnoFiles]

It happened today also! During the HUGE storm in illinois

[Bellingus]

Al Gore invented the Sears Tower...

[TheZekethunder]

Awesome footage. when was this actually taken?

[irishia101]

I go there like evert week : ) since I live 25 minutes away.

[toontownfan102]

yeah i went there in 2007 and it was cool going down my ears popped. too bad its now willis i liked sears better it sounds better

[XxMB11xX]

It is renamed Willis Tower. The skydeck is just sort of lke a glass box balcony you step out on at the top floor.

[skippy9871]

lol the worst time of the year in Chicago the summer and spring storms

[k0k3t00919]

really . i thinks this video was edtd . hahah XD

[VeeKaChu]

@k0k3t00919 Well duh. It says in the description that it's ten minutes of filming cut down to 45 seconds, so your observation is spot-on!

[mmmbad]

Awesome light show, courtesy of Mother Nature!

[jeannabeena3]

WHOA!!

[Mexicano1595]

freaking racist dude shut up

[bbneer]

ur an idiot wat u talkin bout willis is a phrase from a show u idiodic mexican

[k0k3t00919]

hahaha stupid. u asshole. man .

if u have a fucken prbm wth this guy. tell him . what u think . dont say . IDIODIC MEXICAN. cuz . im mexican stupid.

[Mexicano1595]

sears tower is not being ranamed because willis is a stupid name for a awsome tower

[RedTeam04]

too bad it was renamed.

[Mexicano1595]

i know it was renamed willis just now after going there but thougth it was ranamed skydeck aint it

[ramseh671]

Cool. Five stars

[satelliteDNScastip]

wow ! that antennas dont broken by the electric downloads ? i mean max headroom hacks the signal of that sears tower with a very cool equipment in the 80s now its other new antennas ?

[Quizline89]

Sears Tower renamed?! What you talkin' 'bout Willis?!

[deathfromabove360]

uh thats its original name

[KillaDose]

@Quizline89 lol

[sicilian12345]

How about everyone shut up and get on with their lives and stop fighting with people you don't know, will never see AND oh ya once again shut up!

[aagar95]

stop fighting with people you dont know

[XxTHUGLUV1390xX]

oh crap thats scary

[spidermanwebslinge]

Pause at 0:22. Holy shit.

[Trajedya84]

holyshit!

[chicagohouseman]

Nice!

[ClubPenguinTime]

0:19 OMG

[myfood123]

r u stupid? ??? god didnt do shit for sears tower they built it so lighting wont strike that much on land dumb ass why they built antennas u retard dumb fuck

[myfood123]

umm dumb ass it is fully protected dip shit

[myfood123]

dumb fuck i live in chicago IL stupid dick in a hotel! ive seen it struck HUGE then this noob so stfu

[myfood123]

i gota perfect life and learn how to fucking spell u dumb shit

[myfood123]

English please i don't speak dumb fuck retarded language

[nwonknu8]

wat life r u talking about bitch

[katiedagreat]

heh heh....

i built the sears tower out of legos

[gemini235x]

God's Blessings to the U.S.A.

[ilikepiez2]

looks like the tower of terror

[bonnevillessei]

jsut imagin how the visitors felt in the skydeck....well, if it was open at that time

[backfrom44]

Very Cool

[chicagomizzgan]

It will always be called the Sears Tower!!!!! No matter what.

[xxshotgunmanxx]

FUCKING Awesome!

[apartmentlopagan]

i love it

[Roxas3510]

i went there on a field trip, it is TALL. the air pressure changed when we got to the top, thats how tall it is.

[chicagosfinest15]

i work a block away from the sears tower so im guessin the camers on jackson or van buren but thats a bad ass video wait til they build the caldera spiral which is under construction or just search it on here its gi normous

[t2725for89]

there's no skyscraper in my area...... :(

[playstation455]

OMG

[mistercool000]

holy

[ydousaytht]

im only in INDY =[

[rimlav3]

The tallest building in the United States.

[mp3nerd]

whoeh

[MISSYOUMOSSIE]

I wish i was up there

[hugozapata57]

i think i saw that cuz i live in chicago

[jmkpns]

If you stood this building up next to the Petronis Towers would there be much of a difference in height?

[DarkOctane]

huge difference. sears is really far away, but it looks the same height

[jmkpns]

How tall are just the two antennas on the roof?

[Halo2996]

200+ feet i think they are somewhere around 280 feet

[bigrene2]

Both antennas are 279 ft tall.

[nwonknu8]

ur slow ass hell. i dont kno how tall they r but one is higher. look at picture and get ur facts straight

[bigrene2]

That is a fact, motherfucker.

[brownsugaragent]

thats crazy!

[porkypigbig50]

i saw the sears tower get struck by lightning like 10 times when i was there it was awesome

[TiffiBadu]

easy ps3man75, i've just never seen it with my own eyes EVER so it amazes me. if it doesn't amazing you then why did u watch and why do you even comment. and pete7wiegard, i don't believe you.

[pete7wiegard]

i was just at the top of the sears tower yesterday

[ps3man75]

why is everybody so astonished by this??

every tall skyscraper gets struck by lightning in almost every lighting storm thats one of the reasons the atennas were built..

[italianeyelashes]

Most people know that, but how many people get to see it in slow motion? That's what's astonishing.

[moyvilla9]

wow!

[evansp12]

Wow! Amazing video! Quite scary!

[pete7wiegard]

I actualy live on the top floor and no one has found out yet!

[altrokkr6]

any room for two?

[pete7wiegard]

sure, not alot of room there. Plus, its hard to get past security.

[itsjamiebetch]

woo! when i went in there yesterday it said that lightening strikes the building about 1,000 times per year! thats crazy! haha awesome video!

[kellyilla]

Sears Tower always gets struck. My favorite skyscraper. :-)

[kenfucius78]

thats fuckin Crazy!

[wjfox2006]

Cool :)

[halksockan]

this is beautiful!

[KingJ323]

5 stars! Amazing images of CHI-TOWN!

watch my video its called:

KING J WANTS DD IN CALY

[jun19020987]

Kinda scary to think that something might happen

[MinnesotaWildfan101]

sick vid!!!!

[ch48k]

Cool video !! This building is the tallest in the USA and is 527 m tall !!

[JTR154]

its the terrorist! they control the weather now, ohhhhh shittteeee!

[rjones88]

they put a lightnig rode up there becasue so if lighting strucks it wont hit the building a blow up

[soccaluva94]

woah that was awesome!

[popoop]

its sooo cool if you keep pausing unpausing and so on than you can actually see that lightning doesnt go back in the sky it diminishes in thin air!!!

[GuitarMcLicks]

Wow! I also think this is cool! I have always been interested in lightning, but I didn't know it just poofs away, I thought it hits something the shoot into the ground or even if it misses.

[elle209]

my sername i sears i own the sears tower so there

[troylovesmarina]

cool!

[namsupytalp]

They purposely put a lightning rod on the top you know. It's not very rare.

[spartan117halofreak]

Psychedelic...

[950725146541]

imagine if it collapsed!

[EvolutionRing]

Tower are made to get struck by lightening on the top.

[starpower5]

i agree with runninlikehell

[runninlikehell]

if you stop at 0:21 you can see the end of the world almost

[jugggernautttt]

that was awesome

[lcputnam]

The best part is just before the second strike you can see the glow in the air around the charged spires.

[LittleHawk33]

the power mustve been out the whole city is dark

[tubtom1]

cool vid do u think it would have broke any windows? anyway its awsome how u caught all 3 of them! ;) nice job.

[cathy652]

prob not, bc tall buildings are built to lightning stricks the metal rods rather than hurting the building, lol

[Baraboo828]

Uh your scaring me my sister lives their

[dude115011]

she doesnt live in the sears tower so dont worry

[SROSELLI]

how often does the sears tower get struck by lightning?

[Eugenie1996]

Probably about 80-90 times a year.

[Luckypet4747]

Its kinda hard to take a shot of a tall tower getting shocked by a lightning huh?

So GOOD JOB!

It would be so sad if a lightning hit the wrong part of the building and cause an explosion, but its not gonna happen!:D

[irishdancer5505]

omg good job with the video

[st0pm3ss1ng]

wow nice video :) amazing one too

[allexrap]

omg!:O

[blitzburghjr]

is that real or did u just do like clips of it?

[garvsd]

If you like chicago check out my chicago video it is called Chicago in PIctures by garvsd look at it it's so good

[TheCottonTop]

I love chicago too. It's my home town I live in Atlanta now, I love it too. Realy cool shots! More Please :)

[lcyp]

i love chicago although ive only been in the sears tower once but i still live in chicago and i luv it and it is friggin cold in the winter

[metzy1396]

its cleaner in chicago and nicer then ny and la. but ny and la just have a little more 2 do

[StasCherry92]

howd u film this :S

[toonheaded1]

i luv chicago the streets are cleaner than los angeles cause i live in los angeles and the air in chicago is fresh only thing i hate about chicago is friken freezing cold in the winter but still i like chicago i`ve on the john hancock tower and sears towe :)

[wshredskins11]

i love chicago. its so much cleaner and cooler than NYC

[chillieluvr45]

I know everybody's perfectly safe in there, but I'm still glad I wasn't there for that :[

[backtotubes]

Unless you have a radio antenna on one of those two towers..then it's a problem!

[jhbmich]

What are you talking about? A problem for what?

[backtotubes]

A problem for the radio and TV stations whose antennas are ON those towers!

[foxboy123]

who cares about this everyone knows the sears tower is alwayz getting struck...they alwayz use it as an example that lightin does strike in the same place more then once

[modifiedclod97]

some bright lightning there

[cowboyzsuk81]

THATS AMAZING!!!!!! i've seen some good stuff in NYC. i saw the empire state building get hit 10 times in a sec. thats how fast the lightning is. great vid. 5 stars

[ch1ch1r1]

man, it reminds me of some frankenstein castle.. LOL

[UFOMAN618]

Rad

[JanClive]

stop at 18 to get a good look

[myface27]

19 is better...i think

[zizumia]

dang thats scary! i cant imagane being on top working then u hear a loud cracle. i would think we where under attack!but it get stuck by lighting all the time so i dont worry so much.

[kidcoulson]

Just got back from a visit to the tower and

they say it gets struck by lightning 1,000 times a year!!If you ever want to go up,you better have alot of time(2 hours total for us)

and some money(parking and $12.00 enrty ticket)

[Risefotruth]

wow seers tower is wicked looking... looks evil almost

[modifiedclod97]

mid evil in fact

[KachinaDan]

A Faraday Cage is used to block electro-static signals...

[Mikey7889]

00:18 looks like broad daylight

[mlodyusa]

wow, it can be very good wallpaper

[ssA7X]

haha i read these comments just to see idiots get into fights... and theres always one going on lol wow.. get a life people

anyway, cool video

[jerseykid211]

that would look sooo cool if you were like on the ground in the plaza or something or in the observation floor! I wonder if you would feel static throughout your body if close enough?

[rsinoms]

1.21 GIGAWATTS!!!!!!

[TheMathGuy]

Probably happens all the time. Too bad we haven't yet figured out a way to harness all that energy!

[trivium646]

we have, the antena's at the top send the energy to generators

[cvmiata]

id love to see that in chicago if their was a storm!

[botchalism]

I think there's chocolate rain on the video camera

[3ChibiEds]

GOD HATES SEARS lol

[marcandrefleury29]

to fishmeats....."that would be so neat to be in the sears tower when it gets struck"....let me just say something are you fucking retarded? yes lets go into a building and get electricuted with millions of volts of electricity...even a retarded monkey is smarter than a douchebag like you

[krthomps]

When lightening strikes a skyscraper, the electricity is transferred into the ground. Nobody would be electrocuted just be being inside.

Seriously, why don't you go bully a forth grader or pull the legs off a spider or something. The internet is full of idiots like you who want nothing more than to intimidate other people and school them with your "superior knowledge" of any given subject.

Go spread your poison somewhere else and leave decent people alone.

[crainqueen]

lol

[Hiei2k7]

Hey Dumbass, you ever heard of grounding applications in electricity? Ever heard of a Faraday Cage?

That's how the sears tower would react if the grounding circuit was disabled.

[woa12]

OH MY GOD!

[fishmeats]

that would be so neat to be in the sears tower when it gets struck!

[CalmRage1]

amazing shot! yesterday we had a bad storm come in but i wasn't able to get as good a lightning shot in

[readingfcfan001]

woah!! the second 1 looked the klest!!!!

[aPlagueOnSociety]

I live in chicago and I've seen it struck before, it blew my mind. The "needle" was glowing red afterward. Cool vid man.

[bluA7]

me too, i was on the Kennedy when it happened...coolest things i've ever seen.

[jokergurl4ev]

omg! i'm so happy it didn't fall!

[rax7]

that why they build antenna on tall building. it transfer the electricity to the ground. it can prevent fire.

[guitarrockercch]

that why they do it. ok that why they do it. antenna on tall building. it prevent fire. that why they do it. thank you

lolz

[ulrek54321]

why would it fall from lightning?

[realmadrid024]

wow. cool

[midaran]

the 1st one lokked like it hit 311 S. waker Dr. the 2nd one was cool cause it hit sears tower, arched off 311 S. Wacker Dr and hit the sears tower again

[Suppamann1212]

WHAT THE HEEELLL??? THAT WAS F*CKING AMAZING hahahahahahah LoL

[Janetjacksongurl]

WOAH!......wow....wow. that was NICE! i love lightning. that was pretty!

[PurpleVika]

Super!!I`d like to live in such a beautiful biulding which is surrounded by lightning every T-storm!=)

[migueluspa]

NICE.

What type of film and camera were used?

[raspberryjellybean]

amazing!!!

[chatterbox123hi]

wow good capture.....it was nice...

[tubes304]

damn, that would've been cool to see in person

[Nickomatic789]

IT'S ALIIIVE!!! Lol frankenstein

[delo34]

its pretty sweet u got it on tape. its struck occasionally, wen its really storming here. nice vid

[BlueEyes1224]

wowsa

[parabola1232]

be better if it were at regular speed first then slowmo

[taketwo7207]

So that's their power source huh? pretty efficient bastards if you ask me. BRING BACK THE FUEL haha j/k