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Downed electric lines in front of my house. A lightning bolt hit the power lines out front and caused them to break and ark for about 2 or 3 hours last night (7-10-07).

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  • what was that rancid purple line on the beginning of the vid?

  • @110491Banter It's a lens flair from the brightness effecting the camera. You can't really get an idea how bright it was from the video. But, it was extremely bright.

  • how did this happen?

  • @jro9001 It was caused by a whopper of a storm. The thing is, it was the first downed line of a string of 3 events that summer. It was a wild summer.

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  • Nope, it's how we keep the kids off of our lawns in the US.

  • Moderately interesting video. A comment on the comments: lots of humorous invitations to pee-on, or play-with, or roast-marshmallows-on, the electric arc. Cute, but I can't resist adding, for the benefit of children and the uninitiated: DOWNED POWER LINES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT GET WITHIN 1000 FEET OF THEM. THEY CAN KILL YOU EVEN DOZENS OF FEET AWAY, DUE TO GROUND ELECTRIFICATION, SO KEEP AWAY. Now, if you go pee on an arc and get maimed for life, don't say I didn't warn you.

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  • @usernameABCDXYZ I have powerlines go down near my house and the ground is scorched and there is a shiny rock like substance on the ground. Happy now.

  • WTF go stomp it out!

    

  • I wanted to see what the ground looked like D:

  • Get a stick and some marshmallows you idiots!

  • @ironmaiden12343 Chuck Norris does every day...

  • Just use tape to fix it hey it will get the job done

  • thats about 20,000 volts with really high amperage, dont mind my technical talk

  • nothing some hot glue wont fix

  • I'm surprised the sub-station didnt kill the circuit.

  • @110491Banter It's a directed energy weapon being used by Organized/Gang or "Cause" Stalkers.

    LOL. ;-)

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