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[CENTER]A view of Christiansted and harbor from the air. Christiansted Harbor circa 1959. Photographed by the late Fritz Henle.
weather at christiansted 85f with light breezes
I don't want to hijack this temp thread, but I had something happen that I never had in my life.
I move fences twice a day for my son's dairy herd ( rotational grazing)
About 5:30 pm, when we got the sprinkles. there were clouds to the south and west as I was connecting up a cross section of aluminum electric wire.
I got a shock that shot thriugh both my elbows and for 2 seconds thought I didn't shut the fencer off but it was a powerfull shock.
About 3 seconds after I got that shock, there was a flash of lightening followed by a blast of thunder. That was the only lightning and only thunder of the entire day and the skies didn't look bad at all.
I don't want to hijack this temp thread, but I had something happen that I never had in my life.
I move fences twice a day for my son's dairy herd ( rotational grazing)
About 5:30 pm, when we got the sprinkles. there were clouds to the south and west as I was connecting up a cross section of aluminum electric wire.
I got a shock that shot thriugh both my elbows and for 2 seconds thought I didn't shut the fencer off but it was a powerfull shock.
About 3 seconds after I got that shock, there was a flash of lightening followed by a blast of thunder. That was the only lightning and only thunder of the entire day and the skies didn't look bad at all.
Very unusual !
Nothing unusual about that, you were basically targeted by a "streamer" which occurs just before a lightning strike, this text from this link explains it better than I could.
From Yahoo! answers:
"In thunderstorms, positive streamers are the ionized currents of air that originate from the ground and extend upward to meet descending step leaders, thereby creating a visible lightning strike."
And...
"As a rule, tall, metallic objects are more likely to be the originators than shorter objects that are non-metallic. Typical streamers include telephone poles, chimneys, trees, and radio towers. In 95 percent of cases, these objects will become positively charged in the electric field that is created beneath a thunderstorm.
It is important to note that many streamers (perhaps ten to twenty) will form as a stepped-leader descends to the ground, but only one streamer will successfully complete each lightning strike. Therefore, one streamer originator is struck at a time (although the electricity may be channeled elsewhere)."
Basically you were very lucky the lightning didn't choose to follow the streamer connecting to you and give you some nasty debilitating injury or kill you; you were in for a very good chance.
And now for my weather in Lincoln, England
14:00
No storms or clouds to worry us today..
Clear and sunny with a warm breeze.
It's 22.5c/72.5f and very few scattered cirrus clouds & stupid aircraft contrails.
Last edited by RichardW; 06-25-2009 at 07:11 AM..
Reason: Added my weather
Location: Moved to town. Miss 'my' woods and critters.
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Updated: 1 min 17 sec ago 90s all week for the high!!! 79.0 °F
Clear
Humidity: 85%
Dew Point: 74 °F
Wind: 2.0 mph from the WNW
Wind Gust: 2.0 mph
Pressure: 29.86 in (Rising) Heat Index: 83 °F
Visibility: 10.0 miles
UV: 2 out of 16
We are having a cool dry morning 70.4 F with highs expected in the upper 90's (will see 100) and a chance of rain 20%
Have everyone is enjoying their Summer!
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