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2 dead and 2 critically injured due to lightning strike near the White House - from what i've seen online, it seems that strong lightning in DC isn't unusual, but 4 people struck by lightning is notable:
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2 dead, 2 in critical condition after lightning strike near White House
Updated on: August 5, 2022 / 10:03 AM / CBS News
2 dead, 2 in critical condition after lightning strike near White House
The victims were near a statue of Andrew Jackson, Maggiolo said, adding that "it appeared they were in the vicinity of a tree."www.cbsnews.com
Two people who were critically injured in a lightning strike outside the White House have died, police confirmed to CBS News Friday. Two others remained hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
James Mueller, 76, and Donna Mueller, 75, of Janesville, Wisconsin, died of their injuries after the lightning strike in Lafayette Park, located directly outside the White House complex, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
The two other people, a man and a woman, were in critical condition, the police department said. Their identities were not immediately released.
The lightning strike was reported at 6:52 p.m. The victims were near a statue of Andrew Jackson, Maggiolo said, adding that "it appeared they were in the vicinity of a tree."
Uniformed Secret Service agents and U.S. Park Police officers who were in the area and witnessed the strike provided first aid to the victims, Maggiolo said.
"Their agents, their officers, witnessed this lightning strike and immediately began to render aid," Maggiolo said.
It's unclear exactly what the victims were doing at the time.
"We are saddened by the tragic loss of life after the lightning strike in Lafayette Park," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. "Our hearts are with the families who lost loved ones, and we are praying for those still fighting for their lives."
A CBS News camera that was recording on the White House North Lawn around the time of the lightning strike captured the powerful rumble of the thunder.
"The thunder was so loud, @gabrielle_ake and I jumped up in fright," CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes tweeted. "'That's too close - we're shutting down' advised photographer Ron Windham."
Lightning strike on oil storage tank in Cuba causes explosion and massive fire:
The tweet below recalls another huge fire at an oil refinery in Cuba back in 2009, albeit not due to a lgihtning strike. One would have thought they'd have increased their safety regulations since then. However, maybe the possibility of foul play should be taken into account, or maybe there are some events that one can't realistically prevent:
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Lightning strike on oil storage tank in Cuba causes massive fire
By Sahar Akbarzai and Patrick Oppmann, CNN
Updated 0657 GMT (1457 HKT) August 6, 2022
Lightning strike on oil storage tank in Cuba causes massive fire | CNN
Lightning struck a large oil storage tank on Friday evening in Matanzas, Cuba, causing a huge fire.edition.cnn.com
A lightning strike sparked a huge fire at a crude oil storage facility in Cuba.
(CNN)Lightning struck a large oil storage tank on Friday evening in Matanzas, Cuba, causing a huge fire.
"We are closely following the confrontation with the fire in the industrial zone. We trust the authorities of the brave province, the brave firefighters, and the CUPET workers," tweeted President Miguel Díaz-Canel, referring to the state-owned Cuba Oil Union.
Cuba's state-run media said no deaths had been reported.
The massive fire comes at a time when Cuba faces a deepening energy crisis amid fuel shortages.
"No human losses, injuries or fuel spillage into the sea were reported after the fire," tweeted Cuba's Ministry of Energy and Mines.
An electrical discharge at the base of the oil tank, which stores crude oil, caused the fire, according to Susely Morfa González, the first secretary of the Community Party of Cuba in the province of Matanzas.
The fire did not impact the Thermoelectric Powerplant Antonio Guiteras, the ministry said, which contributes to the national electricity system.
Authorities of the province, the fire department, the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, and the Ministry of Interior are battling the flames, said González.
The tweet below recalls another huge fire at an oil refinery in Cuba back in 2009, albeit not due to a lgihtning strike. One would have thought they'd have increased their safety regulations since then. However, maybe the possibility of foul play should be taken into account, or maybe there are some events that one can't realistically prevent:
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According with John Traczyk these are L shell glow mode plasma beams along with the lightning.
The captures I took are not in order.
Other captures are from below videos, I noticed the wide lines just now, do not remember seeing the them before. And, not sure either if they are from the same phenomena. Or, might be something else, reflection of the camera?
Note: one of the twitter video had already been posted but did not registered from whom.
The captures I took are not in order.
Other captures are from below videos, I noticed the wide lines just now, do not remember seeing the them before. And, not sure either if they are from the same phenomena. Or, might be something else, reflection of the camera?
Note: one of the twitter video had already been posted but did not registered from whom.
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Yes mabar, those are from the camera.
Actually the sensor readout - which in CMOS sensors are not fast enough to "dump" all pixels at once - but instead do it like old TV's, line by line. So, when a lightning strikes with their sudden onset of bright light occurs, there will be a delay between before the readout from the sensor has been written to the card - and you get those stripes. Of course at the same time also relates to the shutter speed of the camera. the shorter the shutter speed, the more you get those stripes. It would reqire slow sutter speeds like ¼ sec to almost eliminate those stripes in video frames.
CCD sensors on the other hand (which were used in older cameras), do not have this phenomena, because the sensor reads out image by image, with ALL the pixels at once. Therefore no stripes occur.
for CMOS sensors, it would require something called "Global shutter" (a readout so lightning fast, e.g. faster than the total amount of pixels in the sensor chip) in order to eliminate the stripes.
Thanks for the explanation, on the other hand, I would like to find more about those "L shell glow mode plasma beams". Could be the same case.
▪︎México
THUNDERSTORM IN COZUMEL, MEXICO ⚡️
A citizen captured a spectacular thunderstorm on the island of Cozumel, in QuintanaRoo. Authorities of that state reported that for an hour lightning, thunder and lightning struck the island.
THUNDERSTORM IN COZUMEL, MEXICO ⚡️
A citizen captured a spectacular thunderstorm on the island of Cozumel, in QuintanaRoo. Authorities of that state reported that for an hour lightning, thunder and lightning struck the island.
▪︎India
Heavy lightning strike just meters away from people, in #India.
▪︎France
Impressive thunderstorm captured in Montpellier, France.
Heavy lightning strike just meters away from people, in #India.
▪︎France
Impressive thunderstorm captured in Montpellier, France.
Lightning strikes the roof of a home in Saudi Arabia.
France claims new data on lighting activity currently underway with copious amounts of rain.
As crazy as it may seem, this October 20 has just become the stormiest day of the year 2022 in France with more than 52,000 lightning strikes (provisional figure)! https://meteo-express.com/article/52-000
Impressive electrical activity in Troyes in Aube this Thursday evening. The storm system is still very active and continues to move northeast. ( © Proud to be Trojan)
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Runway excursion a few moments ago at Orly airport by an Amelia aircraft. Flight 8R1217 from Rodez, operated by Embraer 145, went off the runway in bad weather.
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We landed just after… We shot well… same plane, same company from Castres, it moved well and the lightning was very impressive!!
Supercell and grêle
As crazy as it may seem, this October 20 has just become the stormiest day of the year 2022 in France with more than 52,000 lightning strikes (provisional figure)! https://meteo-express.com/article/52-000
Impressive electrical activity in Troyes in Aube this Thursday evening. The storm system is still very active and continues to move northeast. ( © Proud to be Trojan)
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Runway excursion a few moments ago at Orly airport by an Amelia aircraft. Flight 8R1217 from Rodez, operated by Embraer 145, went off the runway in bad weather.
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We landed just after… We shot well… same plane, same company from Castres, it moved well and the lightning was very impressive!!
Supercell and grêle
Indeed! That was something to hear this thunder and to see these lightnings almost at the end of October! At least, where I live near Paris, there was no hail, knowing that it was not the region the most impacted, far from it.
From this French source, they now say -according to Keraunos, the French observatory for tornadoes and violent storms- that 53.699 lightnings were detected in France on yesterday September 20th.
Hereafter the number of lightnings on the whole day depending on the department:
From this French source, they now say -according to Keraunos, the French observatory for tornadoes and violent storms- that 53.699 lightnings were detected in France on yesterday September 20th.
Hereafter the number of lightnings on the whole day depending on the department:
Last day electrical activity's with a few honorable mentions.
On October 24, more than 28,000 lightning strikes were recorded in France, including more than 17,000 in Rhône-Alpes alone! Unusual figures for this season. (via @KeraunosObs)
In the space of more than two months, metropolitan France experienced two of the most extreme meteorological phenomena that exist on Earth. A derecho on August 18 in Corsica and an outbreak of tornadoes in the North of France this Sunday October 23. © Blitzortung
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Monday 24 October 2022 12:16, UK
www.9news.com.au
3:03pm Oct 24, 2022
1 day ago
Left map: maximum radar echoes yesterday at the end of the day, we can clearly see the course of #orage which is responsible for the many cases reported from #tornades Map on the right: places where major wind damage has been reported (by Gwenaël Milcareck), non-exhaustive list.
On October 24, more than 28,000 lightning strikes were recorded in France, including more than 17,000 in Rhône-Alpes alone! Unusual figures for this season. (via @KeraunosObs)
In the space of more than two months, metropolitan France experienced two of the most extreme meteorological phenomena that exist on Earth. A derecho on August 18 in Corsica and an outbreak of tornadoes in the North of France this Sunday October 23. © Blitzortung
Peter Andre's house 'struck by lightning' as thunderstorms batter southern England
Posting a video on Instagram, the pop star wrote: "Our house just got struck by lightning. The loudest thing I've ever heard. Alarms going off. This is mad."
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Man dies after being struck by lightning in South Australia
www.9news.com.au
Easebourne house fire started by 'apparent lightning strike'
People are being warned to avoid the area and keep windows and doors closed if living nearby.
www.bbc.com
Left map: maximum radar echoes yesterday at the end of the day, we can clearly see the course of #orage which is responsible for the many cases reported from #tornades Map on the right: places where major wind damage has been reported (by Gwenaël Milcareck), non-exhaustive list.