A surge protector won't help against a direct hit by lightning. They are there to protect against power surges through the electrical grid.Quote from: "Bricktop"
A lightning strike hits the house with hundreds of thousands of volts in an explosive jolt.
Seriously, it felt like the house was hit by a missile. I asked the electrician why our surge protector failed and he said nothing could protect against a direct hit that drove holes into solid tile and concrete.
But the important thing is no-one was hurt, not even the pooch.
Yep... My grapevine was hit but not a direct volt and the crack was straight over my head forcing me to go inside... when I joined a fb group and showed the evidence, a well known expert called me a liar... that spun my head in, I went into full flame and troll mode, got kicked out of the group and banned... so I made my own group.... that group is going strong. Lightning comes up from the ground too.... my grapevines are staked with metal pegs.
The experts said my pictures are the resulting of a "rolling lens"... but there was not one bolt but TWO bolts and and thankfully, I have the original vid where strike and thunder sound together and the "microwaved" branch of a perfect grapevine without blemish expect the struck piece... I just went on the group to warn people to be careful.
You were lucky no one was injured or worse....You were instinctively worried about lightning... Imagine if you took my advice and tried to capture some. You'd be dead now... so God was obviously sending you a message NOT to film lightning. That's how I'm looking at it.
This is the rolling lens that they said I faked which is untrue... it's not fake but definitely I later found out is a "rolling lens" problem.
Original footage in real time but it was the LATTER strike... that was the problem... It's a mintute after the first so be patient..
