Perth Storm - Epic Lightning 22.3.10

A huge storm front hit Perth Western Australia on 22nd march 2010. Bringing rail, hail, and winds up to 140km/h

This video I took from my back garden/patio in the southern suburb of BullCreek (about 14km south of Perth CBD)

I was inside during the storm and left my camera on a tripod, thus avoiding the awfully close striking lightning.

Most of this video the lightning is hitting the pool fence - but at one point the biggest strike hits the smoker/BBQ only about 3 metres from my tripod. It was a little after this I thought it a good idea to bring it inside!.

I slowed some of the clips down so you can see the lightning and the leaders coming up from the ground.

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• Perth Storm
• Epic Lightning
• 22.3.10
• thunderstorm
• Western Australia
• Bull Creek
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• lightning leaders
• close call
• hailstorm

[Dragoni03]

Can bolts of lighting shoot to the ground like on 1:02, it looks like something just threw a pice of lighting to the ground. And Wholy fucking shit that was loud, and scary, fuckin pink lighting, i mean wtf.

[jenrm86]

@Dragoni03 From what I understand, when it comes to lightning strikes, there are these things called "leaders", which is actually electricity being generated from the ground/earth. it is when the lightning from the sky connects with these "leaders" where you get a lightning strike.

If you search lightning leaders on wikipedia or youtube i'm sure it will explain it a lot better than I do!!

[jtomo22]

i'm sure if it did actually strike the fence you would have seen sparks or something.. when i recorded mine, it shows a "leader" coming up from the ground when in fact it wasn't really there.. if it had of been (was less than 3m away from it), i would have certainly known about it :-)

[archiepops]

Wow! Lightning WAY to close for comfort!

Great video though! Thank you! :)

[jtomo22]

@holdenls1ssz250 Oh don't get me wrong, the lightning bolt was certainly close.. Just not that close :-) I tried to post links for a couple frames from my video to show you what I mean, but Youtube wouldn't allow me to post.

[holdenls1ssz250]

@jtomo22 id say its the effect of the camera lens, producing the optical illusion. either way the lighting strike's were close!

[jtomo22]

@holdenls1ssz250 Yes I am saying it's an optical illusion. The lightning bolt was elsewhere in the frame. The camera is not quick enough in capturing due to how quick a bolt of lightning can be therefore not showing correctly.

[holdenls1ssz250]

@jtomo22 what are you saying? it was an optical illusion and wasnt there? it clearly was a lighting bolt and it sure as hell was there, plenty of times.

[chrisisawseomo]

did u know lighting is from the ground up!!

[Landotter1]

Amazing catch there! You even got "stepped leaders" during the day!!!! What a rare treat.... The stepped leaders were like the ones going through the tree but then no thunder.... Amazing catch!!!!

[Kinetical100]

also @ 1:50 did you muffle the sound of the thunder @ all

[Kinetical100]

if i was were where you were when you took this vid, i would either be very very scared, very very amazed, or very very both!

[HallowAvenger]

DAM NATURE

......

U SCARY

[leandro5455]

Nowa days storms arent like that here in NJ. They last 5-10 mins and are small. I miss stomrs like the ones in the vid.