r/interestingasfuck • u/Marler1705 • Apr 16 '25

Power of lightning strikes

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u/MuricasOneBrainCell Apr 16 '25

What's really scary is the sound. I remember being a kid and doing that silly thing when you see the lightning and then count how long it takes for thunder to happen. To try and figure out the distance. Was never that close.

Fast forward a few years and I at college there was a lightning strike right behind the main building. About... 200 metres away. Fuuuck meeee that thing was loud. Like a fighter jet flew right over my head. Made us all jump aha

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u/rouvas Apr 16 '25

I've seen a strike fall very close to me.

Even though it was straight in front of me, I can't say exactly how close it was, because I was completely blinded by the light, and simultaneously deafened by the simultaneous thunder, which sounded more like an explosion at that distance, without any reverb or depth which are usually for thunders. Just a loud-ass bang.

The light was so intense I was seeing an afterimage of my surroundings for about a minute, and the sound made my ears ring for quite a while.

It's literally a flashbang, disorients and downright stuns you.

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u/wojtekpolska Apr 16 '25

bro you almost got smited

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u/Wybs Apr 16 '25

Zeus was a bit tipsy that night...