Posted on 08/12/2019 2:15:54 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
As you can see in this video the time between the big flash from the lightning bolt and its thunder is less than a second which means this lightning strike was less than a quarter mile away (sound travels at 5 seconds per mile). This lightning strike hit on August 12, 2019 in Broward County at about 3:30 PM. The strike happened in Broward County Florida at approximately 44th Street and Pine Island Road. I was lucky to get this recording because I was about to quit after recording a series of videos in which the lightning strikes were either outside the camera's field of vision or were too far away to show up clearly in the videos.
I also present this lightning strike in quarter speed. If you want to record lightning strikes, PATIENCE is the key word. It also helps to take a pad with you to monitor lightning strikes on LightningMaps.Org so you know which direction to point the camera. In this case, about half a minute after I switched the cell camera direction from northwest to southwest, I was able to record this lightning strike.
It’s when the thunder and flash come simultaneously that gets my attention.
When I was young and stupid, many years ago. I was about 30 feet from a lighting bolt that stuck on a South Carolina beach. Wasn’t that loud but you could sure smell the ozone.
Also, I was tripping.
This was pretty close. Less than a second so I figured about a quarter mile away. Actually less than a fifth of a mile away or a little over 1000 feet. Perhaps 3 football fields away.
If you want to get a close up shot I suggest golfing.
Caddyshack - Bishop golfing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmm-ZGNCv-8
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