World record 199-mile-long lightning bolt reported

That's a big damn lightening bolt. And here I thought lightening could proceed a thunderstorm by a few miles at most.

Scientists identified all-time world records for both the longest lightning bolt — nearly 200 miles — and the world’s longest-duration lightning flash — over 7 seconds — according to a report released Thursday.

Both records were certified by the World Meteorological Organization, which is in charge of documenting such things.

he record-long lightning bolt was spotted over Oklahoma on June 20, 2007, and traveled 199.5 miles, about three-quarters the length of the state. That's almost the distance from New York City to Washington, D.C.

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a reply to: UnBreakable

I bet it's God and he/she is angry about Pokemon Go and everyone's apathy towards things that actually matter in the world

a reply to: UnBreakable

Theres this old saying, if you can hear thunder you're within range of being struck.

Moving goalposts...

It blows my mind that NYC is only 200 miles from DC.

I have to go at least 300 miles to get to anything like a "city". If i lived in DC, i could have access to just about the entire east coast for a 3 day weekend drive destination.

RE: the size of the bolt....i bet that the distance that a bolt extends is predicated by the amount of energy available and what it would take to create a ground/zero sum result.

That is a big bolt, wouldn't want it to hit me.

Yeah i do in fact it better give me superpowers lol.

originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: UnBreakable

Theres this old saying, if you can hear thunder you're within range of being struck.

Moving goalposts...

You're supposed to say the rhyme like in the article:

"when thunder roars, go indoors"


199.5 miles is a long lightning bolt! I didn't know they got that long.

a reply to: FamCore

Yea right, me and God play Pokémon Go on the reg.

originally posted by: Arbitrageur

originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: UnBreakable

Theres this old saying, if you can hear thunder you're within range of being struck.

Moving goalposts...

You're supposed to say the rhyme like in the article:

"when thunder roars, go indoors"

199.5 miles is a long lightning bolt! I didn't know they got that long.

We'll technically, the earth is a giant Van De Graf (spelling?) generator, so on that scale the whole spinning hetero dynamic molten core opposing magneto thingy make it quite... sparky.

Like with Sprites and stuff way up above the atmosphere and all...

I'm surprised more people don't get electrocuted than do.

Some distant relation I had was loading hay through they hay door in the upper story of a barn with a pitchfork during a 'storm' when, Pazow!, the hereafter.

originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: UnBreakable

Theres this old saying, if you can hear thunder you're within range of being struck.

Moving goalposts...

I wonder if they could hear that storm from 200 miles away.

a reply to: UnBreakable

Probably not. Although Krakatoa was supposedly heard over four hours later.

I've seen lightning storms play on distant mountain ranges and couldn't hear the thunder, Whats thats, twenty, thirty miles?

a reply to: UnBreakable

That's one big damn ruler!

a reply to: searcherfortruth

Yeah.

Or not.

"We set out these extremely sensitive radio receivers to 'hear' a storm, to triangulate exactly where the lightning flash starts and ends," he said.

I wonder if that might have seismic connections?

a reply to: UnBreakable

Thor.

I'm blaming Thor.

a reply to: DBCowboy

Zeus can kick Thor's butt.

fascinating, but what's the usual length of thunder bolts?
is this a totally freak event or just longest recorded?

a reply to: stinkelbaum

It's the first record. For what it's worth.

Certainly a big 'un.

a reply to: Phage

I wonder if they could do the same with farts?

a reply to: searcherfortruth

As far I know farts do not emit electromagnetic radiation.

a reply to: Phage

I bet it is not the Universal record!