Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Short video of storm with near continuous lightning Saturday night 2024-07-20:
https://youtu.be/Ce2439_a2wc Then, on Sunday morning I passed by a house with a palm tree that looks like it exploded, maybe from a lightning strike. 7/23 update: By Tuesday, the palm tree was cut down and is gone. Last edited by JohnnyP; 07-23-2024 at 11:02 AM. |
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Unbelievable lighting storm last night. My wife and I sat out in our screened in front porch for about 45 minutes and watched the show. We have never seen so much non-stop lightning before in our entire long lives.
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Lots of fireworks for sure.
My weather station recorded a new record of over 6,000 lightening strikes. |
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As beautiful as it was, unfortunately there were at least two homes damaged/destroyed by fire last night.
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Wow! Thanks for the video. If the palm was struck, those homeowners dodged a bullet.
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Oh no! Were the houses in The Villages? Which Villages were struck?
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That was a huge amount of lightning. First time we ever saw our solar lights flash on every few seconds
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To find out why lightning caused 2 Villages homes to catch on fire (and not other homes) -- come to the Science & Technology Club, July 22 at 1 PM, to hear Len Hathaway (the Villages lightning expert) give a 5-minute overview -- prior to the Hurricane presentation.
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In 2017 lightning struck our very tall Sylvester palm, traveled across the street and knocked out the water main. The strike did not cause as much obvious damage as to the tree pictured above by Johnny but it died within a couple weeks.
But in the sixteen years we've been here, the intense electrical storms of this summer appear to be the worst we've ever experienced. |
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My dog was terrified by all that. He was panting heavily and shaking with fear.
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I believe they are on Foggy Brook Loop in St. Charles and on Lyman Way in Sunset Pointe.
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The walls in our home SHOOK with the thunder.
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No I don't know where they are -- but Len Hathaway does (including details) -- or you can wait to see if the news prints it -- which sometimes they don't so as not to scare new comers.
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