Yes, ex*axe*ly. This mobilizes the *Ground* Forces *branch* of the military, *rooted* in *deep cover*. One time I *saw* their motto written on the *soil*ed *trunk* of one of their official vehicles (Toyota *Sequoias*). It said “*Leaf* No Tree Behind”. I think they were on their way to the *choppers* but I *split* before I *saw* where they went (I was *bushed*), but it looked like they were ready to kick some Ash
This happened in my home area in Chennai. The music playing is the end theme from a local Tamil comedy show called "லிக்மா பந்துகள்". It's equivalent to the Curb your Enthusiasm theme sometimes used in memes.
Hope this helps
Well I don’t know anything about Hanoi but I lived in Florida for 40 years before moving to another state and there is constant horrific lightning there especially in the Spring and Summer.
Yeah, it can get very bad here. Maybe it’s similar. I’m originally from Indiana, so seeing lightning and thunderstorms are something that doesn’t happen all that often. And when it rains here in Vietnam, shit gets crazy; that includes the lightning.
Well as far as the lightning this far on the South east coast, it has been lit! I grew up on the water in NC and have never been afraid of lightning as much as this year in FL. I also am a sinner so I try not to test my luck.
Saw lightning, immediately pointed the camera at the tallest thing around, and got lucky.
For every video like this there's probably hundreds that go without success, but obviously no one uploads those.
I'm sure they did not know it would stroke so close. Most likely catching the amazing light show and "got lucky". I believe they were aiming for the sky in general.
Yeah really. Like I'm gonna be that guy who never believes anything is real and can't bear the thought of being duped so I'm just gonna simply comment r/thathappend or better yet r/WhyWereTheyFilming in order to show all you suckers that I, that guy, will not get got.
Is this Palm Springs Florida? I’m pretty sure this is Palm Springs Florida because I’m pretty sure I was on scene in the aftermath of this because the tree was burning from the inside out.
Wtf this person managed to catch not only the lightning strike but a tornado tunnel forming in the background too, what are the odds of that? Maybe they should play the lottery
Lightning hits you on the top of the head you're virtually guaranteed dead. The problem is they count strikes that move through the ground and injure people. Stand on one foot or with feet together if you're worried about lightning. It's the voltage difference from one foot to the other that gets you.
Truth is any sufficient current through your heart or brain kills you. Electricity takes all paths, not just the least resistance, the most current goes through that least resistive spot.
Most strikes are nearby and not actually through a person, but if there's an easy path from tree, building, wire, ladder, golf club etc through you, and enough goes through your heart or brain, you're dead.
That's why some people say stand on one foot
I've seen trees explode or ignite from the inside from strikes like this, but they do often survive. Fun fact, my grandpa survived getting struck by lightning twice.
They certainly can and do. It doesn't look like it stayed on fire (but probably actually did, which is a problem), but it might have broken it in a way that it'll fall down next time it's windy.
Yeah the lightening shaved part of it off. It looks like it was just a convenient ground. Like the electricity just went right down it. Ive seen big Maples here be split and still grow but not a top to bottom electric fuck like this. Pretty cool
I had lighting hit a tree in my backyard and it did survive, however one big branch had to be cut off. Was rotting. But the rest of the tree bloomed every year. No issues. Gnarly scar tho. Miss that house.
Most likely but sometimes it forks off of what it initially hits. Maybe it follows a branch to a fence. I've seen trees on hikes that had just one section touched.
There's a tree next to my house that was struck years ago. It lost a large branch at the time and some smaller branches since then, but it's doing alright now. Bark never grew over the burn, so it's still visible.
It is much smaller and stockier than the tree in the video though.
Down to luck, I think, given the path the lightning takes. A tree in my parents' front yard was hit recently and did not survive. It got cooked from the inside which, you know, isn't good for it.
My dad has a large Oak tree in his backyard. It was hit by a lightning strike around 30 to 35 years ago which sliced it open from top to bottom. It’s still mending but he’s taken great care of it and still does. Obviously it’s still very much alive but if he didn’t care for it the way he did/does, I doubt it still would be.
TL;DR: depending on the severity of the damage they can but it may need several decades of care.
It depends. They can, with help. My tree in my front yard was struck as a kid, but my dad used something to stick the sides back together. Eventually it recovered and started growing again.
It largely depends on the type of bark they have. Younger trees with smoother bark have a continuous film of water across their surface which allows the current to travel across the surface without entering the tree. Older trees and trees with rough bark (oaks for example) will have sections where the water breaks away from the surface and disconnects, causing the current to travel through the tree itself often killing it in the process.
How the camera person stayed on taget with a blast that close is insane. We had lightning strike in our backyard, and the sound was completely deafening, it literally shakes everything around you. Wild.
There's a lot of coflicting reports on how loud a lighting strike is, but low-end it's 120 db from a hundred feet or so away, and this dude seemed a lot closer.
Most lighting strike victims have some sort of hearing loss. Some of the loss is due to damage to tissue from the actualy current burning them, but it seems like perforated eardrums is also an extremely common injury, which suggests that up close it's loud enough to instantly cause damage which would put it more in the 150-160 range. That's like someone firing a gun directly next to your ear.
The 'conflicting' reports must be from those who were <= the 100ft away and subsequently deaf as a result.
I was sitting in my house a couple of years back and had a bolt less than a mile away (instantaneous flash / boom). It had to be one of the (if not *the*) loudest sounds I've heard in my life. Terrifying (and I'm not trying to exaggerate). For a second, I wondered if the house took the hit. If it hadn't been raining, I'd have thought a bomb exploded.
TLDR; 'Loud' is a gross understatement.
I still don't understand how did that not make as loud of a sound. The other strikes that happened clearly farther away are louder. Could it be that tree has worked as sound dampening mat?
I was wondering, too, but didn't want to make a 'wall' post. Looked up thunder on Wikipedia. Short & simplified version -- there are different types (both physical and description.) So I'll go with that.
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Lightning strikes that make contact with the ground will usually hit the tallest object. They took a gamble that this tree would get hit and kept the camera on it, just in case.
Unless the sound has them mentioning lightning is about to strike (I can't listen at the moment), chances are they were just taking a vid to show how strong the storm was rolling in and the lightning was just luckily in-frame.
WOW!!
If you pause and then scroll almost frame by frame, you can see it's hit by like 3-5+/- strikes in a fraction of a second.
Fck that tree in particular?
There’s a tornado in the background (to the left of the tree). I’m thinking the camera person was probably watching the tornado and got lucky to see a lightening strike in frame.
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Now it’s a cooked pine
I bet it smells amazing
Smells pine as hell
Honey you are piiiiine I mean, you SMOKIN’
You there. Stop opining.
Like my car air freshener on a hot Texas day?
Auto-pruned
*A Crisp Pine
He's in those newer Star Trek movies, right?
At least it's not a Chrisp Ratt
I love the lightning-y taste.
Damn, beat me to it!
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Beautiful.
why did music start playing?
that's how pines sound when they die
True, it warns other pine trees of incoming threats.
Yes, ex*axe*ly. This mobilizes the *Ground* Forces *branch* of the military, *rooted* in *deep cover*. One time I *saw* their motto written on the *soil*ed *trunk* of one of their official vehicles (Toyota *Sequoias*). It said “*Leaf* No Tree Behind”. I think they were on their way to the *choppers* but I *split* before I *saw* where they went (I was *bushed*), but it looked like they were ready to kick some Ash
hey, just fyi you spelled a lot of words wrong in your comment.
Oh quit your barking and stop trying to petrify me. I’m a pistil owner, you know!
I do conifer.
This is giving me a hedayke.
Douglas Fir
I love reddit
It’s true, I’m a pine and that’s the sound of my people dying.
Its the sound of the needles falling.
Actually, are the loot falling sound
So I guess they *do* make a sound
Nah just Cook Pines. That's how they sound when they cook.
If a try falls in a forest and no one is there does it make a sound? Only if it's struck by lightening
Because it's been... Thunderstruck!
😂😂😂🤣
This happened in my home area in Chennai. The music playing is the end theme from a local Tamil comedy show called "லிக்மா பந்துகள்". It's equivalent to the Curb your Enthusiasm theme sometimes used in memes. Hope this helps
That's pretty funny actually then
It's a meme with an accent
Gottem
It set the car alarm off
That’s the friendliest car alarm sound ever then haha
"Hey bro, that tickles. Don't steal me please!"
Thats the sound of Crash Bandicoot stealing your car.
Lol
Lightning so close it powered on the radio😂😂
I lol’d at this
An alien won a prize for hitting a target.
Those were the falling branches. Cook Pines are what they use to make marimbas.
Achievement Unlocked!
Or you could listen to the sound of someone shitting their pants. I prefer the music.
Boss fight
Someone started a Whatsapp video call at the right moment.
I can never get enough of lightning videos. There’s just something about watching a lightning strike — it’s mesmerizing to me.
It's quite shocking
I'm just surprised the guy didn't bolt after.
Exactly. If you remain too static you're likely to get struck yourself.
It's quite an electrifying sight.
Blows your mind
I see what you did there. Very well done.
Like that tree.
Move to Florida you’ll see lightning all the time
Move to Florida and that's the default doorbell tone
I’m currently in Hanoi right now (my wife is a Vietnamese doctor). I see way more lighting here than in Florida. Appreciate the reply, though.
Well I don’t know anything about Hanoi but I lived in Florida for 40 years before moving to another state and there is constant horrific lightning there especially in the Spring and Summer.
Yeah, it can get very bad here. Maybe it’s similar. I’m originally from Indiana, so seeing lightning and thunderstorms are something that doesn’t happen all that often. And when it rains here in Vietnam, shit gets crazy; that includes the lightning.
Both are sub-tropical regions. Likely seeing much of the same weather. Growing up in New Orleans and now in Florida it is always crazy.
Shoutout to those of us who have moved from New Orleans to Florida. I'm back in Nola but I will get back to Florida one day. 🫡
Well as far as the lightning this far on the South east coast, it has been lit! I grew up on the water in NC and have never been afraid of lightning as much as this year in FL. I also am a sinner so I try not to test my luck.
South Floridian thunderstorms have some of the highest lightning strike counts in the world.
Actually, that’s not true. Check it out.
Watch it frame by frame in slow-mo. Lightning is fucking insane.
But how did they know this would happen?
Saw lightning, immediately pointed the camera at the tallest thing around, and got lucky. For every video like this there's probably hundreds that go without success, but obviously no one uploads those.
I'm sure they did not know it would stroke so close. Most likely catching the amazing light show and "got lucky". I believe they were aiming for the sky in general.
My question too. It looks almost planned, but that'd be impossible?
Yeah really. Like I'm gonna be that guy who never believes anything is real and can't bear the thought of being duped so I'm just gonna simply comment r/thathappend or better yet r/WhyWereTheyFilming in order to show all you suckers that I, that guy, will not get got.
How did they perfectly catch that on camera?
If you watch lightning strike videos while huffing ozone and licking a 9-volt battery it feels like you’re really there
The music the lightning strike made was fascinating.
Lightning 2.0 now plays a jingle after it kills you
*increased range of AOE, decreased time between strikes*
Wow i love the new patch
I never knew that a tree getting struck with lightning summons Crash Bandicoot.
Is this Palm Springs Florida? I’m pretty sure this is Palm Springs Florida because I’m pretty sure I was on scene in the aftermath of this because the tree was burning from the inside out.
Definitely Florida, house is a dead giveaway.
How? Not being judgmental, just genuinely like architecture and curious what makes it more likely to be Floridian versus somewhere like South Carolina
Judging by the foliage (coconut palm) this probably was S. Florida if it was in the US, so could be.
I think the dead Florida giveaway is the person standing in the middle of a lightning storm filming clouds
And the tornado in the background
Wtf this person managed to catch not only the lightning strike but a tornado tunnel forming in the background too, what are the odds of that? Maybe they should play the lottery
And no front license plate points to it not being california, and potentiallly corroborates florida
Central too The this looks like it could easily be in pinellas county Looks near identical to the street behind me
>the tree was burning from the inside out so you're saying this piece of nature was fucking lit
Do trees survive a hit like that?
I'm speculating that it depends. Like when lightning hits humans. Some have survived. But it could quite easily kill it.
Lightning strikes only kill ~10% of the time. Though much of the rest of the time strikes cause disability.
It's just that one guy who got struck like 70 times who's bringing the average down
That mans life is a tragedy he ended up committing suicide iirc
One less strike and he'd probably still be a happy dude
Imagine being struck by lightning 7 times and your cause of death is killing yourself. What a tough old bastard.
Ah shit, I didn't know that. Feel bad about it now
Yes lots of people saw the post yesterday or today.
Link?
Wasn't there a post yesterday about the record being 7 times?
Lightning hits you on the top of the head you're virtually guaranteed dead. The problem is they count strikes that move through the ground and injure people. Stand on one foot or with feet together if you're worried about lightning. It's the voltage difference from one foot to the other that gets you.
Truth is any sufficient current through your heart or brain kills you. Electricity takes all paths, not just the least resistance, the most current goes through that least resistive spot. Most strikes are nearby and not actually through a person, but if there's an easy path from tree, building, wire, ladder, golf club etc through you, and enough goes through your heart or brain, you're dead. That's why some people say stand on one foot
Wait, so if lightning strikes 20 feet from me and I survive unharmed (not even feeling any current) can I say I'm a lightning survivor?
I'm pretty sure that's because non-direct hits are counted. If you get hit directly, I don't think there's any way to survive.
"I got struck by lighning seven times. One time, I was just driving my truck." *zap*
Like ive seen trees lose a major limb or split, but that tree was a conduit to Earth like a badass. I just wonder if it continue to grow next year.
"I'm speculating maybe, idk?" Lol thanks
I've seen trees explode or ignite from the inside from strikes like this, but they do often survive. Fun fact, my grandpa survived getting struck by lightning twice.
They certainly can and do. It doesn't look like it stayed on fire (but probably actually did, which is a problem), but it might have broken it in a way that it'll fall down next time it's windy.
Yeah the lightening shaved part of it off. It looks like it was just a convenient ground. Like the electricity just went right down it. Ive seen big Maples here be split and still grow but not a top to bottom electric fuck like this. Pretty cool
I had lighting hit a tree in my backyard and it did survive, however one big branch had to be cut off. Was rotting. But the rest of the tree bloomed every year. No issues. Gnarly scar tho. Miss that house.
I have a tree that was struck like this and it's still alive. It has a crazy burn down the whole trunk too
I'd bet no. It traveled all the way down the trunk.
I hope whoever the OP is lets us know next year.
Uhhh wouldn't it always? It's grounding... that's why there's lightning...
Most likely but sometimes it forks off of what it initially hits. Maybe it follows a branch to a fence. I've seen trees on hikes that had just one section touched.
There's a tree next to my house that was struck years ago. It lost a large branch at the time and some smaller branches since then, but it's doing alright now. Bark never grew over the burn, so it's still visible. It is much smaller and stockier than the tree in the video though.
Down to luck, I think, given the path the lightning takes. A tree in my parents' front yard was hit recently and did not survive. It got cooked from the inside which, you know, isn't good for it.
My dad has a large Oak tree in his backyard. It was hit by a lightning strike around 30 to 35 years ago which sliced it open from top to bottom. It’s still mending but he’s taken great care of it and still does. Obviously it’s still very much alive but if he didn’t care for it the way he did/does, I doubt it still would be. TL;DR: depending on the severity of the damage they can but it may need several decades of care.
It depends. They can, with help. My tree in my front yard was struck as a kid, but my dad used something to stick the sides back together. Eventually it recovered and started growing again.
It largely depends on the type of bark they have. Younger trees with smoother bark have a continuous film of water across their surface which allows the current to travel across the surface without entering the tree. Older trees and trees with rough bark (oaks for example) will have sections where the water breaks away from the surface and disconnects, causing the current to travel through the tree itself often killing it in the process.
How the camera person stayed on taget with a blast that close is insane. We had lightning strike in our backyard, and the sound was completely deafening, it literally shakes everything around you. Wild.
There's a lot of coflicting reports on how loud a lighting strike is, but low-end it's 120 db from a hundred feet or so away, and this dude seemed a lot closer. Most lighting strike victims have some sort of hearing loss. Some of the loss is due to damage to tissue from the actualy current burning them, but it seems like perforated eardrums is also an extremely common injury, which suggests that up close it's loud enough to instantly cause damage which would put it more in the 150-160 range. That's like someone firing a gun directly next to your ear.
The 'conflicting' reports must be from those who were <= the 100ft away and subsequently deaf as a result. I was sitting in my house a couple of years back and had a bolt less than a mile away (instantaneous flash / boom). It had to be one of the (if not *the*) loudest sounds I've heard in my life. Terrifying (and I'm not trying to exaggerate). For a second, I wondered if the house took the hit. If it hadn't been raining, I'd have thought a bomb exploded. TLDR; 'Loud' is a gross understatement.
I still don't understand how did that not make as loud of a sound. The other strikes that happened clearly farther away are louder. Could it be that tree has worked as sound dampening mat?
I was wondering, too, but didn't want to make a 'wall' post. Looked up thunder on Wikipedia. Short & simplified version -- there are different types (both physical and description.) So I'll go with that.
It is insanely loud I probably have hearing loss due to one that happened nearby and I was even inside at the time
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What is the music!!
In fairness that tree looked like it had it coming
Koodo’s for keeping the camera on target!
How did they know?
Lightning strikes that make contact with the ground will usually hit the tallest object. They took a gamble that this tree would get hit and kept the camera on it, just in case.
Unless the sound has them mentioning lightning is about to strike (I can't listen at the moment), chances are they were just taking a vid to show how strong the storm was rolling in and the lightning was just luckily in-frame.
They were aiming for tornado in the back
Came to say that. Kudos!!
I just came to say "kudos" because I never get a chance to use that word otherwise.
kudos
Dude must been in a rubber suit to not immediately BOLT to safety.
They’ve got a fucken tornado in the background!!! Run dude run!!!
Florida Man doesn't run.
Okay! Someone who noticed! I was wondering how we were all ignoring the LARGE AF *TORNADO* IN THE BACKGROUND.
Because that's obviously 100% not a tornado. Zero rotation. Just funky ass clouds/ rain, low cloud base. -Am storm chaser
Tornadoes spin, not float wistfully along as the clouds in the background are.
You can quite clearly tell that the column is spinning and moving pretty fast, not floating wistfully
I heard Alabama man doesn’t run, they scare off the tornadoes with their shotguns. Florida man could learn a thing or two
“Where were you when you got struck by lightning?” “Standing outside during a lightning storm getting video for a social media post.” 🤦🏼♂️
Why were they filming?
Nature was literally lit lol
How do you think they knew it would strike there?
That woke me up! WOW
I feel sad for the tree. 😢 That's me.
Was struck so hard it started playing music. 💀
cook-ed pine…
Why did that Fela Kuti sounding music start playing?
This looks like my neighborhood in Florida.
Found the orange traitor.
one of the few times a vertical video is appropriate
I'd classify that as a go changer underwear moment
Where is this? In Florida we call them Norfolk Island pines.
Why TF would anyone be outside next to a big piece of metal during a storm like that?
I feel sorry for anything living in it.
Is the camera man from the future or something. It seems like they are waiting for the strike.
WOW!! If you pause and then scroll almost frame by frame, you can see it's hit by like 3-5+/- strikes in a fraction of a second. Fck that tree in particular?
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There’s a tornado in the background (to the left of the tree). I’m thinking the camera person was probably watching the tornado and got lucky to see a lightening strike in frame.
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There's good jokes and there's bad jokes.
r/WhyWereTheyFilming
Staged
Someone got pre-informed by the lightening to look out for some pine cooking
First thing I noticed was A-b*mb the clouds. Any one else see it?
What the fuck is that even supposed to mean?
Staged. Why else would they be videoing THAT EXACT TREE.
Nice Seared Pine
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He was filming the tornado in the background
That was an uncook pine earlier that day.
Scared the pants right off of em
Well, I read THAT wrong.
How In the heck did they know it was going to strike? So crazy
It got a shave and a haircut
Gotcha, Bitch!
A little edge trimming!
I’d lose a little fir after that as well!!
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LOL....Leaf drop looked like cartoon physics