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Aloha Everyone...Here in Hawaii we experienced some crazy weather the last 2 weeks... In fact it's still raining on and off here on the island of Oahu where I live, on one particular day it started off sunny in the morning then the skies turned dark with some high thunder clouds that formed over the island of Oahu, by the late afternoon a few water spouts formed off Honolulu harbor just a few miles off of Waikiki, also some hail on the upper level elevations, what was the most impressive was the lightning show and thunder...I live in Hawaii all my life and never experienced this type of lightning through out the whole island of Oahu at one time, from the peak hours between 4pm - 10pm there was over 20,000 lightning strikes, the peak came at about seven p.m. with 6700 strikes...And if you look at a 30-hour window, Hawaii experienced a whopping 45,000 lightning strikes. Once again, residents were out with cameras and smart phones...crazy...stupid, not me.... I stayed inside...
[/align]As exciting as they may be to see and as neat as phenomena as they are they are exceptionally dangerous. Waterspouts can over-turn boats, they can swallow up swimmers, they can cause the water to drown you. Lightning obviously can electrocute you and burn you severely and leave you either dead or with major trauma."[/align] A Waianae family reported lightning struck an antenna pole on their home shocking someone lying on the floor. Emergency officials say he was briefly unconscious but was not seriously injured.[/align] When it comes to lightning especially of this magnitude no injuries, no deaths, and really not much damage whatsoever is extremely lucky. here's some pictures that was sent in to the news in Hawaii...aloha Earl[/align][/align][/align]
[/align]As exciting as they may be to see and as neat as phenomena as they are they are exceptionally dangerous. Waterspouts can over-turn boats, they can swallow up swimmers, they can cause the water to drown you. Lightning obviously can electrocute you and burn you severely and leave you either dead or with major trauma."[/align] A Waianae family reported lightning struck an antenna pole on their home shocking someone lying on the floor. Emergency officials say he was briefly unconscious but was not seriously injured.[/align] When it comes to lightning especially of this magnitude no injuries, no deaths, and really not much damage whatsoever is extremely lucky. here's some pictures that was sent in to the news in Hawaii...aloha Earl[/align][/align][/align]
] cool lighting strikes
