Lightning Strikes a Minivan

category: Shocking | views: 24503 | posted on: 11/09/2006

"What was that?" Oh, just a BILLION volts of electricity turning your minivan into a giant bolt of lightning.

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Capron [ban] | Nov 14 07 : 10:15pm

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1 billion volts?
You mean 1.21 GIGGAWATTS!
I'm surprised they didn't go back in time!

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LOLapalooza [ban] | Dec 4 07 : 6:45pm

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Cars are immune to lightning, I saw it on top gear.

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EpicWinGuy [ban] | Mar 31 08 : 10:44am

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why does the person holding the camera ALWAYS shake?

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Kaos2008 [ban] | Jul 27 08 : 2:15am

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Your joking right?
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Have you even held a camera before...if you do not have a tripod then they will always be shaky...even with anti-shock and picture stabilizers.
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Some also can be very shaky the more you zoom in.
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But in this case it is called "Filming whilst in a moving vehicle". If they don't have $100,000 worth of equiptment, you will rarely ever see a perfectly stable video that has been shot by handheld's not on camera stands.
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OldHorseman on May 22 08 : 1:01pm wrote:
Normally they pretty much are, because they are insulated from the ground by their non-conductive rubber tires... But, in a heavy downpour, water streaming off the vehicle can create a connection to the ground and enable a strike.

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That is exactly right....the moisture acted like a POSITIVE STREAMER that attracted the STEP LEADER (Strike) to hit the car.
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This Video Explains what I'm talking about perfectly:
http://science.howstuffwo rks.com/lightning.htm
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sniperbullet [ban] | Apr 17 08 : 2:13am

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Lightning up people, after rain there allways sun

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dreadlock [ban] | May 17 08 : 7:51pm

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cool,the sparks are nutty!

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OldHorseman [ban] | May 22 08 : 11:01am

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LOLapalooza on Dec 4 07 : 8:45pm wrote:
Cars are immune to lightning, I saw it on top gear.

Normally they pretty much are, because they are insulated from the ground by their non-conductive rubber tires... But, in a heavy downpour, water streaming off the vehicle can create a connection to the ground and enable a strike.