cewtwo
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Denver experienced a Winter lightning storm Friday night that hit close to home for me. Very close to home. 3 houses away.
I had seen a bright light in the street to the east of us. It was odd but when I looked out everything seemed normal.
Then it happened again. This one was closer. Molly (the dog) and Bowie (the blind cat) reacted to it. We could hear a rumble soon after this one.
The third one caused me to go to the window and throw it open. Definitely lightning and thunder. Close, too. Thunder sounded soon after.
The next one almost threw me off the couch. It was very loud and percussive. Things turned off. I had no idea what had happened. I thought the electronics all burnt in the house.
I checked the circuit breakers and saw that 4 of them had blown When I was outside there was a strong smell of ozone. I will probably have to change the sattelite feed line to the downstairs DTV receiver. Neighbors directly next door to the affected house had severe electrical problems. One had a burned out TV and on the other side smaller problems.
Suddenly the street came alive while the smell of ozone changed to a smell of smoke. There were cop cars ablaze with lights up and down Floyd Avenue to the North of my house.
It seems that the house 3 houses down was on fire. The lightning hit the tree outside their house. It simultaneously went to ground and over to their gas meter and to their roof.
Then there were police cars, ambulances and fire engines. It was an intense hour or so of drama.
The videos will take you off-site to my Photobucket account. Notice the snow falling in the lights of the fire truck.
Damage was not very extreme and our neighbors were not home when it
happened. Repairs will be needed before they can move back into the house. Excel Energy was out the next day digging up the natural gas feed line to the house.
Pretty scary.
I had seen a bright light in the street to the east of us. It was odd but when I looked out everything seemed normal.
Then it happened again. This one was closer. Molly (the dog) and Bowie (the blind cat) reacted to it. We could hear a rumble soon after this one.
The third one caused me to go to the window and throw it open. Definitely lightning and thunder. Close, too. Thunder sounded soon after.
The next one almost threw me off the couch. It was very loud and percussive. Things turned off. I had no idea what had happened. I thought the electronics all burnt in the house.
I checked the circuit breakers and saw that 4 of them had blown When I was outside there was a strong smell of ozone. I will probably have to change the sattelite feed line to the downstairs DTV receiver. Neighbors directly next door to the affected house had severe electrical problems. One had a burned out TV and on the other side smaller problems.
Suddenly the street came alive while the smell of ozone changed to a smell of smoke. There were cop cars ablaze with lights up and down Floyd Avenue to the North of my house.
It seems that the house 3 houses down was on fire. The lightning hit the tree outside their house. It simultaneously went to ground and over to their gas meter and to their roof.
Then there were police cars, ambulances and fire engines. It was an intense hour or so of drama.
The videos will take you off-site to my Photobucket account. Notice the snow falling in the lights of the fire truck.
Damage was not very extreme and our neighbors were not home when it
happened. Repairs will be needed before they can move back into the house. Excel Energy was out the next day digging up the natural gas feed line to the house.
Pretty scary.
